Duffee Surname: Origin, Meaning & Coat of Arms

There is no single Duffee family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were.

The meaning behind Duffee

Search old registers for Duffee and you will soon meet Duffy too. The family name meaning is “Descendant of Dubhthach, "dark one"”, the same as for Duffy.

Before spelling was fixed, Duffy was also written Duffee. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms. Related forms: Duffe, Duffey and O'Duffy. The 2010 US Census counted 691 people named Duffee, ranking it number 33,121 among American surnames. Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Duff.

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