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The Rufer surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 416 people carried this name — #50,275 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted. That is up 3% from 403 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

1,110 people named Rufer live in Switzerland.

They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Bern 470
Zurich 134
Solothurn 107
Aargau 76
Thurgau 48
Basel-Landschaft 44
St. Gallen 37
Vaud 33

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 83 people named Rufer 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 Córdoba.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Córdoba 42
Santa Fe 41

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 51 people named Rufer.

9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Pyrénées-Orientales.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 9
Pyrénées-Orientales 19
Doubs 9
Haute-Marne 4
Aude 2
Hérault 1
Marne 1
Côte-d’Or 1
Nord 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

Who carried it

People named Rufer,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Josef Rufer 1893–1985 · pedagogue
  • Antonín Rufer 1897–1975 · surgeon
  • Claire Rufer 1914–1973 · architect
  • Dalibor Rufer 1920–
  • Magdi Rufer 1924–2007 · pianist
  • Rudy Rufer 1926–2010 · baseball player

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Rufer.

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