Ruflin Surname

1,070,546th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 232 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Ruflin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ruflin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland1581:51,9806,819
United States701:5,177,985261,849
France21:33,211,361423,184
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States241:2,092,445103,667

Ruflin (25) may also be a first name.

Ruflin Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ruflin occurs most in Switzerland. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Ruflin.

How Common Is The Last Name Ruflin? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ruflin is the 1,070,546th most frequently occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 31,411,836 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 69 percent of Ruflin live; 69 percent live in Western Europe and 68 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,136,160th most commonly occurring first name world-wide It is held by 25 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Switzerland, where it is borne by 158 people, or 1 in 51,980. In Switzerland it is mostly found in: Canton of Aargau, where 67 percent reside, Canton of Basel-Landschaft, where 13 percent reside and Canton of Zürich, where 8 percent reside. Besides Switzerland it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 30 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.

Ruflin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Ruflin has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Ruflin last name expanded 292 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Ruflin Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Ruflin last name are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for the party.

Ruflin earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 16.26% more than the national average, earning $50,166 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rupflin92121/
Rueflin9255/
Rufflin9213/
Rufling922/
Reuflin920/
Ruffling868/
Ruefflin863/
Raupflin861/
Raufling860/
Riflin835/
Rieflin77158/
Riefflin7154/

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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
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  • 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 Ruflin
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