Last Name RUFF

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Meanning: The son of Rudolph, through the popular form Rolf, whence such variants as Rofe, Roff, and Ruff.
Origin English, Jewish, German, Irish, Slovakian, Austrian, Hungarian

Rank 2,220 (2000 US census) 2,036 (1990 US census)
Count 15,035 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 75.52%, or 11354 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 20.96%, or 3151 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.37%, or 56 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.41%, or 62 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.42%, or 213 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.32%, or 198 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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