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Where Does The Last Name Ruffer Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Ruffer (Russian: Руффер) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Rüffer or Rűffer. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ruffer? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 288,746^th most widely held family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 5,487,610 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 50 percent of Ruffer live; 40 percent live in North America and 40 percent live in Anglo-North America. Ruffer is also the 1,396,783^rd most widespread first name throughout the world, held by 51 people.

Ruffer is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 511 people, or 1 in 709,313. In The United States Ruffer is mostly concentrated in: Ohio, where 22 percent are found, California, where 10 percent are found and Michigan, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States it is found in 24 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 34 percent are found and Czechia, where 8 percent are found.

Ruffer Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Ruffer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ruffer surname grew 1,043 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 813 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Ruffer Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Ruffer surname are 30.59% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 77.36% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Ruffer earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 11.75% less than the national average, earning R 209,712 per year; in United States they earn 7.88% more than the national average, earning $46,549 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.14% less than the national average, earning $48,621 CAD per year.