Rufenacht
surname · Latin script
Rufenacht is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Switzerland than in any other country.
- CHSwitzerland1 in 4.6K(measured from records)
- FRFrance≈1 in 319K
- USUnited States1 in 851K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Switzerland (measured from records)
- Sources
- 104 (measured from records)
- 1 in 4.6K (inferred from the name graph)
1,825 people, 2024
Highest-authority source
Switzerland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Rufenacht counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | 1,825 | 1 in 4.6K | 1.8K | Rufenacht | 29 |
| US United States | 391 | 1 in 851K | 423 | Rufenacht | 67 |
| FR France | ≈210 est. | ≈1 in 319K | 18 | Rufenacht | 104 |
| CA Canada | ≈31 est. | ≈1 in 1.2M | — | Rufenacht | 7 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈27 est. | ≈1 in 2.5M | 12 | Rufenacht | 12 |
| ES Spain | ≈25 est. | ≈1 in 2M | — | Rufenacht | 2 |
1,825 people counted by BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames), 2024, counting the spelling rüfenacht. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Frederick Rufenacht Waltersb. 1857GBEnglish physician
- Antoine Rufenachtb. 1939FRFrench politician (1939-2020)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 8 sources across 3 countries.
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- In which country does Rufenacht have the most bearers?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted about 1.8 thousand people named Rufenacht, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rufenacht.
- Where is Rufenacht most common?
- Rufenacht is densest in Switzerland, where the national register counts about 1 in 4.6 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Rufenacht?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted 1,825 people named Rufenacht in 2024, about 1 in 4.6 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/rufenachtThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Rufenacht”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.