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 3
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 6
Leicestershire 0
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 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 5
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 2
Radnorshire 0

Ruffen Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Ruffen family

Profession Census Frequency
Cotton Weaver 2
Scholar 2
Agricultural Labourer 2
Blacksmith 1
Miner 1
Coal Miner 1
Mangle Woman 1
Barriter In Pratice 1
Land Owner 650 Acres Employing 10 Labourer & 2 Boys 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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