Ruffin Surname

23,742nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22,817 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Grenada

Ruffin Surname Definition:

(A-French-Latin) the French Ruffin, Rufin, Latin Ruf(f)in-us=the Red, Red-Haired [from Latin ruf-us, red, with the suff. -in-us] Rufinus was the name of one of Theodosius’s generals.

Ruffin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States19,0321:19,0452,392
France2,3441:28,3373,448
Italy3381:180,93726,935
Haiti2101:50,8763,060
Australia2021:133,64214,486
Dominican Republic1851:56,3942,803
England901:619,09036,665
Argentina711:602,02042,723
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514
Belgium311:370,85940,209
Ethiopia251:3,901,85010,182
Grenada241:4,522577
Brazil221:9,730,651206,332
Canada211:1,754,552114,935
Switzerland191:432,25931,718
Germany191:4,237,129172,669
Indonesia181:7,347,177303,310
Spain151:3,116,80265,296
Ivory Coast101:2,307,12339,352
New Zealand91:503,14733,029
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
South Korea71:7,320,0371,243
Panama71:558,8949,437
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Wales51:618,90625,852
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Togo41:1,811,9428,122
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Madagascar41:5,912,4595,394
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Saint Lucia31:59,5942,472
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Cuba21:5,761,35813,825
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England211:1,160,73243,748
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,9871:16,8122,147

The alternate forms: Rüffin (34) & Ruffín (3) are calculated separately.

Ruffin (7,364) may also be a first name.

Ruffin Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(A-French-Latin) the French Ruffin, Rufin, Latin Ruf(f)in-us=the Red, Red-Haired [from Latin ruf-us, red, with the suff. -in-us] Rufinus was the name of one of Theodosius’s generals.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Descendant of Rufinus (red), the name of several saints.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Ruffin Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ruffin Come From? nationality or country of origin

Ruffin (Arabic: روفين, Russian: Руффин) occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Rüffin or Ruffín. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ruffin? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 23,742nd most numerous last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 319,391 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 86 percent of Ruffin are found; 83 percent are found in North America and 83 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 75,046th most widespread first name on earth, borne by 7,364 people.

This surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 19,032 people, or 1 in 19,045. In The United States Ruffin is mostly concentrated in: North Carolina, where 10 percent live, Maryland, where 7 percent live and Virginia, where 7 percent live. Beside The United States it is found in 56 countries. It is also found in France, where 10 percent live and Italy, where 1 percent live.

Ruffin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Ruffin has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 637 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 429 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Ruffin Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Ruffin surname are 11.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 64.5% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Ruffin earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 80.35% less than the national average, earning €5,900 per year; in United States they earn 19.49% less than the national average, earning $34,739 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.09% less than the national average, earning $48,647 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rüffin9434/
Ruffín943/
Ruffing924,547/
Ruffion9247/
Rouffin9243/
Ruffina9237/
Ruffien9214/
Rusffin922/
Ruffint921/
Ruffinn921/
Ruffijn920/
Rueffin920/
Rufin916,604/
Ruffn912/
Riffin83883/
Rufina83877/
Ruffen83288/
Rufing8363/
Raufin8324/
Reufin8320/
Rufien8311/
Roufin839/
Ruefin839/
Rusfin836/
Rufind833/
Ruffim832/
Rufn801/
Raufina7714/
Roufina773/
Rüffing772/
Hriffin771/
Rifffin771/
Reufina771/
Ruufina771/
Ruffenn770/
Rifin731,884/
Rufim7329/
Rufen7311/
Raufn736/
Rufyn736/
Rufín732/
Riffn731/
Rufinova7111/
Rushfinn718/
Ruphin67600/
Riffen6711/
Roofin6711/
Ruifen679/
Rüfing675/
Rifien674/
Rufyna673/
Raufim671/
Rifinì671/
Roufen671/
Rufeng671/

Ruffin Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ruffin in the Russian language
Руффинruffin-
Ruffin in the Arabic language
روفينrwfyn-

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Ruffin Reference & Research

Ruffin DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Ruffin FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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