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    The surname Rufo

    An Italian surname, carried by 1,301 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R100

    Rufo: #20,421 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rufo #20,421, 1,301 people Rufo: #20,421 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rufo #20,421, 1,301 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rufo is more common than 87.4% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    Borrowed from Spanish and Italian Rufo.

    One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,301 people named Rufo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 237,314 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,249.

    #20,421
    rank among US surnames
    1,301
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.2%
    change since 2000 (was #19,898)

    Who is named Rufo

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

    81% of people named Rufo identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 81%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 14%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rufo

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

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Rufo come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish and Italian Rufo.
    How common is the surname Rufo?
    1,301 people in the United States had the surname Rufo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 237,314 Americans. It ranked 20,421st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rufo?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Rufo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Rufo getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,249 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,301 in 2010, up 4.2%.