Rufus Forename
13,814th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 70,276 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Liberia
Rufus Forename Definition:
A male name. Latin rufus ‘red-haired’; used by Jews instead of Reuben, and in the USA sometimes by others.
Rufus Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 100% | 30,193 | 1:5,881 | 902 |
| United States | 100% | 22,908 | 1:15,826 | 1,421 |
| Liberia | 100% | 6,011 | 1:734 | 143 |
| South Africa | 100% | 1,861 | 1:29,303 | 3,602 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1,798 | 1:15,009 | 1,261 |
| Kenya | 100% | 1,319 | 1:35,108 | 2,764 |
| England | 100% | 840 | 1:66,194 | 2,850 |
| India | 100% | 610 | 1:1,991,603 | 104,030 |
| Jamaica | - | 575 | 1:5,014 | 797 |
| Indonesia | - | 570 | 1:452,568 | 35,098 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 408 | 1:75,521 | 8,273 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 358 | 1:58,098 | 5,853 |
| Cameroon | 75% | 274 | 1:78,870 | 4,456 |
| Canada | 100% | 225 | 1:147,259 | 6,364 |
| DR Congo | 96% | 205 | 1:360,135 | 13,694 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 173 | 1:97,700 | 5,116 |
| Bahamas | - | 153 | 1:2,610 | 536 |
| Papua New Guinea | 96% | 137 | 1:59,506 | 5,724 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 118 | 1:1,507 | 274 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 92 | 1:14,798 | 1,960 |
| Germany | 100% | 81 | 1:1,193,554 | 8,647 |
| Barbados | - | 77 | 1:3,763 | 653 |
| Philippines | 100% | 64 | 1:1,656,398 | 38,793 |
| New Zealand | - | 62 | 1:73,162 | 3,478 |
| Wales | 100% | 61 | 1:50,726 | 1,753 |
| Russia | 95% | 59 | 1:2,444,639 | 15,357 |
| Guyana | 100% | 57 | 1:13,391 | 1,879 |
| China | - | 50 | 1:27,321,116 | 60,830 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 49 | 1:621,427 | 25,302 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 46 | 1:155,478 | 10,347 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 41 | 1:376,191 | 18,732 |
| Australia | - | 39 | 1:350,195 | 6,577 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 37 | 1:5,252,910 | 49,722 |
| Sweden | 100% | 33 | 1:298,724 | 9,079 |
| Finland | 100% | 32 | 1:171,349 | 3,139 |
| Grenada | 100% | 31 | 1:3,488 | 631 |
| Congo | 100% | 30 | 1:166,974 | 6,182 |
| Benin | 100% | 29 | 1:364,684 | 13,715 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 28 | 1:3,920 | 684 |
| Gambia | - | 25 | 1:77,064 | 396 |
| Uganda | 92% | 25 | 1:1,638,277 | 23,304 |
| Belize | 100% | 24 | 1:14,763 | 1,892 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 24 | 1:250,764 | 5,796 |
| Scotland | 100% | 24 | 1:222,932 | 3,804 |
| Ireland | 100% | 20 | 1:232,176 | 4,019 |
| Brazil | 100% | 19 | 1:11,275,587 | 133,736 |
| Panama | 100% | 18 | 1:217,031 | 8,112 |
| Thailand | 100% | 18 | 1:3,892,545 | 81,378 |
| Singapore | - | 17 | 1:369,827 | 10,107 |
| Nauru | 100% | 14 | 1:852 | 135 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 12 | 1:1,922,994 | 45,079 |
| Belgium | 100% | 11 | 1:1,044,549 | 12,446 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 11 | 1:2,841 | 595 |
| Namibia | - | 10 | 1:240,418 | 5,231 |
| Norway | 100% | 10 | 1:513,233 | 9,206 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 9 | 1:11,044 | 1,733 |
| Bahrain | - | 9 | 1:149,853 | 3,890 |
| Poland | 100% | 9 | 1:4,225,235 | 4,388 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 9 | 1:5,865,369 | 30,875 |
| Zambia | - | 9 | 1:1,761,644 | 19,373 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 8 | 1:2,297,434 | 45,707 |
| Italy | 95% | 8 | 1:7,632,761 | 27,464 |
| Marshall Islands | 86% | 8 | 1:6,404 | 961 |
| Qatar | 100% | 8 | 1:296,201 | 31,456 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 8 | 1:13,948 | 1,861 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 7 | 1:1,377,563 | 17,419 |
| France | 100% | 7 | 1:9,495,763 | 30,047 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 7 | 1:82,994 | 4,768 |
| Spain | - | 7 | 1:6,647,138 | 16,660 |
| Iceland | - | 6 | 1:61,003 | 3,164 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 6 | 1:1,368,916 | 14,223 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 6 | 1:5,033,649 | 67,876 |
| Dominica | - | 5 | 1:15,094 | 483 |
| Honduras | - | 5 | 1:1,763,493 | 15,274 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 4 | 1:3,314 | 681 |
| Botswana | 100% | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 4 | 1:4,436,711 | 24,678 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 4 | 1:509,999 | 25,489 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 4 | 1:13,715 | 1,549 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Chile | - | 3 | 1:5,869,069 | 26,159 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 3 | 1:1,589,316 | 14,648 |
| Hong Kong | - | 3 | 1:2,584,242 | 11,307 |
| Japan | - | 3 | 1:42,662,019 | 63,122 |
| Taiwan | - | 3 | 1:7,923,227 | 99,341 |
| Austria | 100% | 2 | 1:4,257,100 | 13,469 |
| Belarus | 75% | 2 | 1:4,741,192 | 16,466 |
| Czechia | 81% | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| Israel | 100% | 2 | 1:4,201,459 | 30,777 |
| Latvia | - | 2 | 1:1,007,822 | 4,547 |
| Montserrat | - | 2 | 1:2,438 | 412 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 2 | 1:17,354 | 1,059 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1 | 1:10,431,270 | 30,761 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Mexico | - | 1 | 1:124,144,427 | 140,512 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Peru | 100% | 1 | 1:31,791,454 | 110,866 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
Rufus (22,523) may also be a surname.
Rufus Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Latin rufus ‘red-haired’; used by Jews instead of Reuben, and in the USA sometimes by others.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Latin rufus, ‘red-haired,’ as in Plautus’s rufus quidam, ‘a certain red-headed fellow’; this adjective is cognate with Latin ruber, ‘red’ (cf. our ‘rubrics’). Popularised in England as the nickname of William II (d. 1100), but in C19-20 it has been the prerogative—rarely usurped in the British Empire—of Americans.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Latin (masculine) - Red-haired.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Rew'-fus, red. The son of Simon the Cyrenian, who assisted our Saviour in carrying his cross to Mount Calvary: Mark xv. 21: whether the same as the person mentioned Rom. xvi. 13, is uncertain.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: red (or if Greek, “supping up”).
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Latin name, meaning: Rich: red-haired: red.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Rufus Forename Popularity
Rufus Demographics
Average Rufus Salary in
United States
$37,591 USD
Per year
Rank:
286,834 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00584597
Rank: 1,447 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
86.36%
Sample size: 12,820 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
| Forename | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruffus | 91 | 266 | / |
| Rufous | 91 | 140 | / |
| Rufuse | 91 | 44 | / |
| Rufuss | 91 | 9 | / |
| Reufus | 91 | 7 | / |
| Roufus | 91 | 7 | / |
| Raufus | 91 | 7 | / |
| Rhufus | 91 | 6 | / |
| Rufust | 91 | 5 | / |
| Rufush | 91 | 5 | / |
| Rufuis | 91 | 4 | / |
| Rusfus | 91 | 4 | / |
| Rufuus | 91 | 4 | / |
| Rufeus | 91 | 3 | / |
| Rufhus | 91 | 2 | / |
| Ruefus | 91 | 2 | / |
| Rufusd | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ruufus | 91 | 1 | / |
| Rufusj | 91 | 1 | / |
| Rrufus | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ruifus | 91 | 1 | / |
| Rufu | 89 | 599 | / |
| Rufoush | 83 | 24 | / |
| Ruffuss | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ruffous | 83 | 2 | / |
| Roufous | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ruffuse | 83 | 1 | / |
| Rupfous | 83 | 1 | / |
| Raufu | 80 | 8,187 | / |
| Ruifu | 80 | 1,471 | / |
| Rufos | 80 | 130 | / |
| Roufu | 80 | 106 | / |
| Rufau | 80 | 71 | / |
| Rifus | 80 | 34 | / |
| Rufui | 80 | 19 | / |
| Ruffu | 80 | 7 | / |
| Rufux | 80 | 6 | / |
| Rufuz | 80 | 5 | / |
| Reufu | 80 | 4 | / |
| Rufuu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Rufuj | 80 | 2 | / |
| Rufut | 80 | 1 | / |
| Rufuc | 80 | 1 | / |
| Rupfu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ruphus | 73 | 550 | / |
| Rahufu | 73 | 66 | / |
| Roofus | 73 | 23 | / |
| Rifaus | 73 | 11 | / |
| Ruffos | 73 | 9 | / |
| Rufuce | 73 | 7 | / |
| Rauffu | 73 | 6 | / |
| Rohufu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Raufau | 73 | 4 | / |
| Roufou | 73 | 4 | / |
| Rauufu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ruiffu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Raufui | 73 | 3 | / |
| Riffus | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ruffuz | 73 | 2 | / |
| Roufos | 73 | 2 | / |
| Raufou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ruifut | 73 | 1 | / |
| Rufoos | 73 | 1 | / |
| Rhufos | 73 | 1 | / |
| Rufoss | 73 | 1 | / |
| Raufos | 73 | 1 | / |
| Raufuj | 73 | 1 | / |
| Rifush | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ruffut | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ruphous | 67 | 14 | / |
| Raufauh | 67 | 5 | / |
| Reuphus | 67 | 5 | / |
| Rhuphus | 67 | 2 | / |
| Rupheus | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ruephus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Raufaud | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rfsw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Roeffus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Russfeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ruphuse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ruphaus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rfzu | 67 | 1 | / |
Rufus Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rufus in the Russian language | ||
| Руфус | rufus | - |
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