How Many People Have the Last Name Ruffin?
people had the surname Ruffin in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 18,083 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
Black
Change Since 2000
+1,061 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Ruffin (80.4%) are non-Hispanic Black. The next largest group, 13.8%, are non-Hispanic White. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic Black, Ruffin ranks #38. The mix barely changed from 2000: no group's share moved by 2 points or more.
📈 Change Since 2000
Ruffin grew from 15,263 people in 2000 to 16,324 in 2010 (up 7%), and its rank fell from #2,188 to #2,231. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 5.66 to 5.53 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 15,263 | 16,324 |
| Rank | #2,188 | #2,231 |
| Per 100,000 people | 5.66 | 5.53 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Ruffin
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Ruffin: R150
👤 Ruffin as a First Name
Ruffin is a first name too: about 204 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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