Duff Family History
Duff Name Meaning
Scottish and Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó
Duibh (‘descendant of Dubh’), Mac Giolla Duibh (‘son
of the servant of Dubh’), or a short form of Duffin 2
(County Wexford), MacElduff (County Tyrone; see
Kilduff), Mac Duibh, and Duffy, all of which are
formed from personal names containing the element dubh ‘dark’,
‘black’ (widely used as a nickname or byname for a dark-haired man or
man of dark temperament and as an element of personal names).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Duff
Name Distribution of Duff Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Duff families
 162 - 321  55 - 161 |
 1 - 54  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Duff families
|
164 - 325 55 - 163 |
1 - 54 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Duff families
|
386 - 770 129 - 385 |
1 - 128 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Duff Family Origin
Duff Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Duff
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Duff Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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