The Ruffini surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 593 people carried this name — #35,797 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 454,500 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 143 people named Ruffini.
34 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Var.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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
54 people named Ruffini live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ruffini.
- Rufer 403 · U.S. census
- Ruff 15,035 · U.S. census
- Ruffenach 122 · U.S. census
- Ruffier 119 · U.S. census
- Ruffin 15,263 · U.S. census
- Ruffing 1,793 · U.S. census
- Ruffino 1,587 · U.S. census
- Ruffle 131 · U.S. census
- Ruffo 1,027 · U.S. census
- Rufin 238 · U.S. census
- Rufo 1,249 · U.S. census
- Ruga 179 · U.S. census
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