Ruffner Surname

102,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,572 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Ruffner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ruffner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,0701:89,05610,019
Peru3221:98,7086,338
Switzerland821:100,15810,705
Germany651:1,238,54679,660
Argentina91:4,749,268159,873
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8291:60,5776,672

Ruffner (33) may also be a first name.

Ruffner Last Name Facts

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

Ruffner occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ruffner? popularity and diffusion

Ruffner is the 102,934th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,593,951 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Ruffner are found; 89 percent are found in North America and 89 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Ruffner is also the 1,807,719th most common first name at a global level, held by 33 people.

The surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 4,070 people, or 1 in 89,056. In The United States Ruffner is mostly found in: Pennsylvania, where 17 percent are found, California, where 11 percent are found and Virginia, where 8 percent are found. Besides The United States Ruffner is found in 17 countries. It is also found in Peru, where 7 percent are found and Switzerland, where 2 percent are found.

Ruffner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Ruffner has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ruffner surname grew 491 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Ruffner Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Ruffner surname are 17.12% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 63.89% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Ruffner earn in different countries varies marginally. In Peru they earn 5.45% less than the national average, earning S/. 18,328 per year and in United States they earn 4.94% less than the national average, earning $41,016 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ruffnerr932/
Rauffner931/
Rueffner931/
Rufner92194/
D'Ruffner881/
Riffner86106/
Ruffnes864/
Ruefner862/
Reufner860/
Roufner860/
Raufner860/
Ruifner860/
Rieffner800/
Rifner7784/
Rüfner7747/
Ruffny7735/
Roofner71167/
Riefner7185/
Rufni6728/
Rufna674/
Rufnecht670/
Roufna622/
Ruffennich591/

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Ruffner Reference & Research

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

Ruffner 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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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ruffner
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis