Cuffe is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Cuffe
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Cuffe

How popular is Cuffe?

Cuffe is ranked 125398 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Cuffe bearers increased by 1.740506 per cent in 2010 US census to 643 since 2000, the surname slipped by 1064 spots and ranked at 35057. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 79.32 81.8
Black 12.6 12.82
Others 3.42 2.06
Hispanic or Latino 3.11 1.9
Cuffe is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Ireland. Around 3171 people have been found who wears Cuffe as their family name. Cuffe is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
46,707 New Zealand5
6,270 Hong Kong3
20,595 China2
47,891 Norway1
1,704,541 India1
151,601 Spain1
2,057 Isle of Man1
4,942 Libya1
18,969 Wales1
53,505 Turkey1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
36,678 Singapore1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
6,953 Scotland72
Countries with hundreds of Cuffe:
33,321 United States871
9,663 England667
1,137 Ireland519
6,292 Australia460
1,267 Jamaica232
21,848 Canada162
35,546 South Africa146
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

James Cuffe worked as workman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 30 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Montezuma and arrived on April 12, 1849. Immigrant Biddy Cuffe, Lucy Cuffe (35) Maid, 5 years old Mick Cuffe, Pat Cuffe (Born at sea) Infant, Pattk. Cuffe (21) Workman, Michael Cuffe, aged 26, Ellen Cuffe, aged 22, Catherine Cuffe (16) Farmer, are others that migrated to US from Dublin, Liverpool and Sligo.

Cuffe Namesakes

  • John Cuffe, 3rd Earl of Desart, Politician
  • Taveion Cuffee, Football defensive back
  • Ciarán Cuffe, Teachta Dála
  • James Cuffe (died 1678), Politician

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