Ruffo surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Ruffo surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,036 people carried this name — #24,222 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 285,700 people counted. That is up 1% from 1,027 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 635 people named Ruffo 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 it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 394
City of Buenos Aires 150
Córdoba 49
Mendoza 42

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 83 people named Ruffo.

29 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Loire.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 29
Loire 16
Rhône 7
La Réunion 5
Meurthe-et-Moselle 4
Paris 4
Pas-de-Calais 3
Haute-Marne 3
Marne 2

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

31 people named Ruffo live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 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

Ticino 8
Zurich 7
Basel-Landschaft 6
Fribourg 5
Vaud 5

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 Ruffo,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Marco Ruffo
    Marco Ruffo 1500– · architect
  • Antonio Ruffo
    Antonio Ruffo 1610–1678 · art collector
  • Giovanni Ruffo de Theodoli d. 1527 · Catholic priest
  • Covella Ruffo d. 1445 · aristocrat
  • Pietro Ruffo 1080–1120 · prelate
  • Giordano Ruffo 1200–1257 · veterinarian

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

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