Ruffing
surname · Latin script
Meaning: present participle and gerund of ruff
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈɹəfɪŋ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Ruffing is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 61K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 136K
- CNChina≈1 in 95K
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.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 203 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 61K (inferred from the name graph)
≈15,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
present participle and gerund of ruff
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ruffing 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 95K | — | Ruffing | 1 |
| US United States | 2,446 | 1 in 136K | 2.4K | Ruffing | 203 |
| DE Germany | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 61K | — | Ruffing | 78 |
| EG Egypt | ≈660 est. | ≈1 in 158K | — | Ruffing | 2 |
| IT Italy | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 373K | — | Ruffing | 2 |
| AT Austria | ≈26 est. | ≈1 in 346K | — | Ruffing | 5 |
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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010. 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)
- Hans Ruffingb. 1897DEGerman politician (1897-1979)
- Red Ruffingb. 1905USAmerican baseball player and coach (1905–1986)
- Franz Ruffingb. 1912DEGerman painter (1912-1989)
- Kai Ruffingb. 1967DEGerman historian
- Kenneth Ruffingb. 1967USAmerican politician
- Tim RuffingDEPh.D. Universität des Saarlandes 2019
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 11 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2.4K | #12,649 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.8K | #15,093 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.8K | #15,710 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- 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
- What does the name Ruffing mean, and where does it come from?
- present participle and gerund of ruff Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Ruffing?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɹəfɪŋ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Ruffing have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 15 thousand people named Ruffing in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ruffing.
- How common is the name Ruffing?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,446 people named Ruffing in 2010, about 1 in 136 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ruffingThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Ruffing”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.