The Buffa surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,489 people carried this name — #18,529 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 200,000 people counted. That is up 2% from 1,462 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Buffa surname
Borrowed from Italian Buffa, from Sicilian buffa (“toad”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Buffa» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 2,684 people named Buffa live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Córdoba.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 354 people named Buffa.
115 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 33 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
43 people named Buffa live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Buffa in American newspapers,
1901.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Buffa,
with a public archive behind them.
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Filippo Antonio Buffa 1736–1794 · Catholic priest
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Tommaso Buffa 1765–1857
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Joseph Buffa 1801–1864 · photographer
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Domenico Buffa 1818–1858 · lawyer
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Pietro Buffa 1871–1941 · entomologist
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Giovanni Buffa 1871–1954 · painter
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Buffa.
- Budin 323 · U.S. census
- Budzinski 1,519 · U.S. census
- Bue 777 · U.S. census
- Buecher 108 · U.S. census
- Buendia 2,635 · U.S. census
- Bueno 16,936 · U.S. census
- Buffin 587 · U.S. census
- Buffo 551 · U.S. census
- Bugaj 447 · U.S. census
- Bugeja 144 · U.S. census
- Bugel 171 · U.S. census
- Bugni 369 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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