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    The surname Ruffin

    A surname, carried by 16,324 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R150

    Ruffin: #2,231 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Ruffin #2,231, 16,324 people Ruffin: #2,231 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ruffin #2,231, 16,324 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ruffin is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 16,324 people named Ruffin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,914 Americans. That is up 7.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 15,263.

    #2,231
    rank among US surnames
    16,324
    people in 2010
    5.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7%
    change since 2000 (was #2,188)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,222Chadwick16,41518,809
    #2,223Adler16,41218,812
    #2,224Barney16,40418,821
    #2,225Ontiveros16,38218,847
    #2,226Ring16,38118,848
    #2,227Rider16,35218,881
    #2,228Joiner16,34918,885

    Who is named Ruffin

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

    80% of people named Ruffin identified as Black (not Hispanic), 14% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as two or more races.

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

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Ruffins

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • David Ruffin
      American singer (1941–1991)
    • Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
      American publisher, journalist, African American civil rights leader, suffragist, and edit, 1842–1924
    • Jimmy Ruffin
      American singer (1936–2014)
    • Amber Ruffin
      American comedian, born 1979
    • Michael Ruffin
      American basketball player (born 1977)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ruffin

    Ruffin has the Soundex code R150, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R150.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Ruffin?
    16,324 people in the United States had the surname Ruffin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,914 Americans. It ranked 2,231st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ruffin?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Ruffin identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 14% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Ruffin?
    David Ruffin, American singer (1941–1991), followed by Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin.
    Where is the surname Ruffin most common?
    Wikidata records people named Ruffin in the United States.
    Is the surname Ruffin getting more or less common?
    More common. 15,263 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,324 in 2010, up 7.0%.