The Cuff surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,022 people carried this name — #10,598 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 98,000 people counted. That is up 6% from 2,862 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Cuff surname
As an English surname, from Middle English cuffe (“glove”); see cuff.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Cuff» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 53 people named Cuff.
1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Finistère.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 28 people named Cuff 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 Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Cuff in American newspapers,
1822–1915.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 398,492 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Cuff,
with a public archive behind them.
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Leonard Cuff 1866–1954 · athletics competitor -
Ray L. Cuff d. 1967 · entomologist
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Gregory Cuff d. 1904
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Sarah Cape Cuff d. 1927
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James Dodsley Cuff 1780–1853 · numismatist
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James Dodsley Cuff 1780–1853 · numismatist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cuff.
- Cuellar 22,324 · U.S. census
- Cuello 1,673 · U.S. census
- Cuenca 3,381 · U.S. census
- Cuenin 109 · U.S. census
- Cuesta 2,520 · U.S. census
- Cuevas 43,701 · U.S. census
- Cuffel 129 · U.S. census
- Cugno 259 · U.S. census
- Cully 1,337 · U.S. census
- Cunat 118 · U.S. census
- Cuneo 2,244 · U.S. census
- Cunha 5,170 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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