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Baff Family History

Baff Surname Meaning

Perhaps from Old French bafe baffe ‘blow with the back of the hand’ a word which survives as a dialect term in modern Normandy and Picardy.

For the sense compare Dunt and Dash.

Perhaps also a variant of Boff (see Bough) with unrounding of [o] to [a] although this would not account for the medieval evidence in Hants.

Compare Baffin and Boffin.

Source: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain, 2021


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You can see how Baff families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Baff family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1841 and 1920. The most Baff families were found in USA in 1920. In 1891 there were 11 Baff families living in Yorkshire. This was about 22% of all the recorded Baff's in United Kingdom. Yorkshire had the highest population of Baff families in 1891.
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What did your Baff ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, Unpaid Domestic Duties was the top reported job for people in the United Kingdom named Baff. 100% of Baff women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties.

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Top Female Occupations In 1939

  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
    100%

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Passenger Lists

There are 379 immigration records available for the last name Baff. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in the UK, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure.

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Draft Cards

There are 294 military records available for the last name Baff. For the veterans among your Baff ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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What is the average Baff lifespan?

Between 1964 and 2003, in the United States, Baff life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1978, and highest in 2003. The average life expectancy for Baff in 1964 was 76, and 89 in 2003.

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