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The Ruffin surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 16,324 people carried this name — #2,231 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 18,100 people counted. That is up 7% from 15,263 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,456 people named Ruffin.

14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 67 départements, most often Nord.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 14
Nord 360
Pas-de-Calais 187
Paris 136
Haute-Savoie 73
Calvados 70
Aisne 63
Saône-et-Loire 57
Oise 51

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 46 people named Ruffin 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.

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

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 46

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

29 people named Ruffin live in Switzerland.

They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

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

Where they live today

Geneva 15
Vaud 10
Fribourg 4

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 print

Ruffin in American newspapers,
1887–1912.

Newspaper page from The Wheeling Intelligencer carrying the name Ruffin
The Wheeling Intelligencer 1912-03-30
Newspaper page from Golden Valley Chronicle carrying the name Ruffin
Golden Valley Chronicle 1911-12-08
Newspaper page from San Antonio Daily Light carrying the name Ruffin
San Antonio Daily Light 1887-04-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 34,887 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Ruffin,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Thomas Ruffin
    Thomas Ruffin 1787–1870 · judge
  • Alfred Ruffin d. 1914
  • Robert Ruffin d. 2002
  • Wojciech Ruffin 1550–
  • Claude Ruffin 1554–1636 · illuminator
  • Pierre Ruffin 1742–1824 · diplomat

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

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