The Rufo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,301 people carried this name — #20,421 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 227,300 people counted. That is up 4% from 1,249 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Rufo surname
Borrowed from Spanish and Italian Rufo.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Rufo» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 72 people named Rufo.
23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 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
39 people named Rufo live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 32 people named Rufo 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
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Rufo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Juan Rufo 1547– · writer
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Luis Rufo 1581–1653 · writer
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José Rufo 1726–1775 · painter
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Ettore Rufo 1926– · politician
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Marcel Rufo 1944– · physician writer
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Eva Rufo 1950– · actor
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rufo.
- Ruffing 2,446 · U.S. census
- Ruffini 455 · U.S. census
- Ruffino 1,342 · U.S. census
- Ruffle 121 · U.S. census
- Ruffo 1,036 · U.S. census
- Rufin 277 · U.S. census
- Ruga 194 · U.S. census
- Rugani 245 · U.S. census
- Ruggeri 1,942 · U.S. census
- Ruggieri 2,174 · U.S. census
- Ruggiero 9,263 · U.S. census
- Ruh 1,047 · U.S. census
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