# Ruffin (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ruffin/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 16,324 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,231 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 18,914 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.0% (15,263 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ruffin in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 14% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 80% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 3.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ruffin in the United States.

## People named Ruffin

- David Ruffin, American singer (1941–1991)
- Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, American publisher, journalist, African American civil rights leader, suffragist, and edit
- Jimmy Ruffin, American singer (1936–2014)
- Amber Ruffin, American comedian
- Michael Ruffin, American basketball player (born 1977)

## Similar surnames

Ruffino, Rufino, Rubin, Rubino, Robin, Rabon, Raven, Ruben, Rabin, Raybon, Reuben, Rehbein.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.