The Ruffino surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,342 people carried this name — #19,976 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 222,200 people counted. That is down 15% from 1,587 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,030 people named Ruffino 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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 181 people named Ruffino.
48 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Rhône.
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
57 people named Ruffino live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Ruffino,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pietro Ruffino d. 1132 · Catholic priest
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Alessandro Ruffino d. 1579 · Catholic priest
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Luigi Ruffino 1926–1999 · shopkeeper
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Gian Carlo Ruffino 1930–1994 · politician
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Gian Carlo Ruffino 1930–1994 · politician
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Giovanni Ruffino 1941– · teacher
Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ruffino.
- Ruff 15,383 · U.S. census
- Ruffenach 131 · U.S. census
- Ruffier 118 · U.S. census
- Ruffin 16,324 · U.S. census
- Ruffing 2,446 · U.S. census
- Ruffini 455 · U.S. census
- Ruffle 121 · U.S. census
- Ruffo 1,036 · U.S. census
- Rufin 277 · U.S. census
- Rufo 1,301 · U.S. census
- Ruga 194 · U.S. census
- Rugani 245 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Ruffino is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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