How common is the surname Ruffo?

1,036 people in the United States had the surname Ruffo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 298,017 Americans. It ranked 24,222nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ruffo?

In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Ruffo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Ruffo?

Johnny Ruffo, Australian singer-songwriter and actor.

Where is the surname Ruffo most common?

Wikidata records people named Ruffo in Australia.

Is the surname Ruffo getting more or less common?

More common. 1,027 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,036 in 2010, up 0.9%.

The surname Ruffo

A surname, carried by 1,036 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ruffo is more common than 85.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,036 people named Ruffo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 298,017 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,027.

#24,222

rank among US surnames

1,036

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+0.9%

change since 2000 (was #23,191)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#24,214	Ansel	1,037	297,730
#24,222	Hallgren	1,036	298,017

Who is named Ruffo

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

85% of people named Ruffo identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 13%
Two or more races 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ruffos

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Johnny Ruffo
Australian singer-songwriter and actor, 1988–2023

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ruffo

Ruffo 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 Ruffo?: 1,036 people in the United States had the surname Ruffo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 298,017 Americans. It ranked 24,222nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ruffo?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Ruffo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Ruffo?: Johnny Ruffo, Australian singer-songwriter and actor.
Where is the surname Ruffo most common?: Wikidata records people named Ruffo in Australia.
Is the surname Ruffo getting more or less common?: More common. 1,027 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,036 in 2010, up 0.9%.