Laff Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 4
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Laff Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Laff family

Profession Census Frequency
Medical Student 1
Bag Maker 1
Needle Woman 1
Hawker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Laff

Name Census Frequency
James Laff 11
Mary Laff 9
William Laff 8
John Laff 6
Jane Laff 5
Annie Laff 4
Bridget Laff 4
Martha Laff 4
Thomas Laff 4
Edward Laff 3
Ellen Laff 3
Louisa Laff 3
Samuel Laff 3
Ann Laff 2
Arthur Laff 2
Catherine Laff 2
Charles Laff 2
Emily Laff 2
Margaret Laff 2
Michael Laff 2
Peter Laff 2
Walter Laff 2
Albert Laff 1
Amelia Laff 1
Bertha Laff 1

Laff Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Luff 75% 13,677
2 Iliffe 50% 3,140
3 Iliff 60% 1,095
4 Oliff 60% 667
5 Oliffe 50% 261
6 Eliff 60% 185
7 Loff 75% 180
8 Liff 75% 149
9 Loffe 60% 144
10 Ailiffe 43% 133
11 Leff 75% 131
12 Laff 100% 128
13 Luffe 60% 117
14 Auliffe 43% 102

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The surname Laff is the 12th most popular variant of Luff.

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