Buffa

See also: buffa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Buffa, from Sicilian buffa (“toad”).

Proper noun

Buffa (plural Buffas)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Buffa is the 18529^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1489 individuals. Buffa is most common among White (94.43%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Buffa”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 248.

Italian

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Buffa

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Etymology

From Sicilian buffa (“toad”), a nickname.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuf.fa/
• Rhymes: -uffa
• Hyphenation: Bùf‧fa

Proper noun

Buffa m or f by sense

1. a surname from Sicilian

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbufa]

Proper noun

Buffa m pers (female equivalent Buffová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Buffa
(pattern hrdina)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Buffa	Buffovia	Buffovci
genitive	Buffu	Buffov	Buffovcov
dative	Buffovi	Buffom	Buffovcom
accusative	Buffu	Buffov	Buffovcov
locative	Buffovi	Buffoch	Buffovcoch
instrumental	Buffom	Buffami	Buffovcami

Further reading

• “Buffa”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025