Ruffen Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 5
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 1
Essex 9
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 7
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 1
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 2
Somerset 0
Surrey 1
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 4
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 2
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Ruffen Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Ruffen family

Profession Census Frequency
Ag Labourer 3
Plumber 2
Independent 2
Cotton Dresser 1
Cotton Seasanger 1
Smith J 1
Painter 1
Female Servant 1
Shoe Maker Journeyman 1
Moulder 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Ruffen

Name Census Frequency
John Ruffen 13
William Ruffen 11
Elizabeth Ruffen 10
Mary Ruffen 8
Ann Ruffen 7
James Ruffen 7
Thomas Ruffen 7
Emma Ruffen 6
Charles Ruffen 5
Ellen Ruffen 5
Sarah Ruffen 5
George Ruffen 4
Alfred Ruffen 3
Alice Ruffen 3
Eliza Ruffen 3
Frederick Ruffen 3
Richard Ruffen 3
Susanna Ruffen 3
Annie Ruffen 2
Caroline Ruffen 2
Clara Ruffen 2
Edward Ruffen 2
Henry Ruffen 2
Phoebe Ruffen 2
Samuel Ruffen 2

Ruffen Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Reffin 67% 300
2 Ruffin 83% 178
3 Ruffen 100% 164

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The surname Ruffen is the 3rd most popular variant of Reffin.

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