The Rueff surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 499 people carried this name — #41,203 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 372 people named Rueff.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 32 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
107 people named Rueff live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Landschaft.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 23 people named Rueff live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rueff.
- Rudnik 543 · U.S. census
- Rudolf 1,216 · U.S. census
- Rudolph 19,462 · U.S. census
- Rudy 7,296 · U.S. census
- Rue 4,905 · U.S. census
- Rueda 6,513 · U.S. census
- Ruel 1,338 · U.S. census
- Ruelle 537 · U.S. census
- Ruen 302 · U.S. census
- Ruesch 1,164 · U.S. census
- Ruez 179 · U.S. census
- Ruf 1,796 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Rueff is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.