Rufiño

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Rufiño is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Spain than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Latin Rufinus, a derivative of Rufus ‘red-haired’. BS.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 72K(measured from records)
  • BRBrazil1 in 120K
  • VEVenezuela1 in 6.8K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Spain (measured from records)

5,479 people

Sources
152 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 6.8K (inferred from the name graph)

Venezuela

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Rufino in BR Brazil, ES Spain, US United States and 2 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

From Latin Rufinus, a derivative of Rufus ‘red-haired’. BS

Sources 5

  • A concise dictionary of first names
  • Dizionario dei cognomi italiani
  • Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
  • Wiktionary
  • Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Rufiño 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.

Where Rufiño is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ES Spain—5,4791 in 9.1K6.1KRufino50
US United States—4,6141 in 72K4.6KRufino142
VE Venezuela—4,1981 in 6.8K4.2K——
BR Brazil#7961,7701 in 120K2.6KRufino152
EC Ecuador—1,5101 in 11K1.5KRufino6
UY Uruguay—3701 in 9.2K370——
CR Costa Rica—1491 in 34K149——
AO Angola#422———Rufino21

5,479 people counted by INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). 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: IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; asosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996); INEC — civil registry names; INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Rufiño is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Peru, Mexico, Argentina, Philippines

    Languages: Spanish, Italian, Chinese

    Also written Rufino

  • Indonesian given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, Peru, United States

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Rufino

  • Hungarian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Hungary, Peru, United States

    Also written Rufino

  • English given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, United States, United Kingdom, Canada

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Rufino

2 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Rufiño under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Rufiño mean, and where does it come from?
From Latin Rufinus, a derivative of Rufus ‘red-haired’. BS Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Dizionario dei cognomi italiani and 3 other sources.
In which country does Rufiño have the most bearers?
In Spain, the national register counted about 5.5 thousand people named Rufiño, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rufino.
Where is Rufiño most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Rufiño is densest in Venezuela — about 1 in 6.8 thousand people — even though Spain holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Rufiño?
In Spain, the national register counted 5,479 people named Rufiño, about 1 in 9.1 thousand residents.
How common is Rufiño compared with other names?
In Angola, Rufiño is the 422nd most common given name of 11,132 given names recorded there.

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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, “Rufiño” — the 422nd most common given name in Angola. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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