How common is the last name Ruffin?

15,856 people in the United States have the last name Ruffin, about 1 in 18,851. It ranks #2,235 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

RUFFIN

#2,235

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
15,856
About
1 in 18,851
This common or more
49.1%
Who bears it

Of the 15,856 people with the last name Ruffin, 78.7% reported their origin as Black, 12.8% as White and 5.1% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Ruffin

#2,233 Alaniz · 15,890#2,234 Burnette · 15,862#2,236 Fajardo · 15,830#2,237 Comer · 15,829

Spelled almost the same

3 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ruffin, most common first.

#17,328 Ruffino · 1,595#38,417 Ruffini · 620#73,330 Rufin · 285

Also a first name

As a first name, Ruffin ranks #29,893 of 53,615, with 294 people. See Ruffin as a first name

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