Hüffer

surname · Latin script

Hüffer is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Midlands: esp. Shrops; SE. possibly a variant of Hufford, which is itself a variant of Ufford.

rarermore common
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 120K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 129K
  • DEGermany≈1 in 160K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

2,578 people, 2010

Sources
237 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 30K (inferred from the name graph)

Algeria, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Huffer in US United States, GB United Kingdom, DE Germany and 4 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Main GB Location (1881): Midlands: esp. Shrops; SE. possibly a variant of Hufford, which is itself a variant of Ufford.

Sources 3

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wiktionary

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Hüffer counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Hüffer is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—2,5781 in 129K2.6KHuffer237
DZ Algeria—≈1,500 est.≈1 in 30K—Huffer1
IN India—≈590 est.≈1 in 2.3M—Huffer3
GB United Kingdom—≈550 est.≈1 in 120K—Huffer62
DE Germany—≈500 est.≈1 in 160K—Huffer46
AU Australia—≈130 est.≈1 in 201K—Huffer40
BB Barbados#918———Huffer1

2,578 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Hüffer is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Huffer

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Huffer

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, France

    Also written Huffer

  • Italian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Italy

    Also written Huffer

  • Danish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Sweden, Denmark

    Languages: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian

    Also written Huffer

  • Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, United States

    Also written Huffer

1 further group record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

17501800185019001950Johann Hermann Hüffer, b. 1784Anton Wilhelm Hüffer, b. 1786Alfred Hüffer, b. 1818Hermann Hüffer, b. 1830Georg Hüffer, b. 1851Uwe Hüffer, b. 1939

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 3 sources across 1 country.

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Hüffer mean, and where does it come from?
Main GB Location (1881): Midlands: esp. Shrops; SE. possibly a variant of Hufford, which is itself a variant of Ufford. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and 1 other source.
In which country does Hüffer have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 2.6 thousand people named Hüffer, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled huffer.
How common is the name Hüffer?
In the United States, the national register counted 2,578 people named Hüffer in 2010, about 1 in 129 thousand residents.
How common is Hüffer compared with other names?
In Barbados, Hüffer is the 918th most common surname of 11,500 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hüffer” — the 918th most common surname in Barbados. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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