How common is the surname Ruf?

1,794 people in the United States had the surname Ruf in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 172,099 Americans. It ranked 16,130th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ruf?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Ruf identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Ruf?

Darin Ruf, American baseball player.

Where is the surname Ruf most common?

Wikidata records people named Ruf in the United States.

Is the surname Ruf getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,796 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,794 in 2010, down 0.1%.

The surname Ruf

A surname, carried by 1,794 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex R100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ruf is more common than 90.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,794 people named Ruf in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 172,099 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,796.

#16,130

rank among US surnames

1,794

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-0.1%

change since 2000 (was #15,071)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,125	Kinnaman	1,795	172,003
#16,130	Dickison	1,794	172,099
#16,136	Bastidas	1,793	172,195

Who is named Ruf

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Ruf identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rufs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Darin Ruf
American baseball player, born 1986

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ruf

Ruf has the Soundex code R100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R100.

Questions

How common is the surname Ruf?: 1,794 people in the United States had the surname Ruf in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 172,099 Americans. It ranked 16,130th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ruf?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Ruf identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Ruf?: Darin Ruf, American baseball player.
Where is the surname Ruf most common?: Wikidata records people named Ruf in the United States.
Is the surname Ruf getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,796 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,794 in 2010, down 0.1%.