Rufa
given name · Latin script
Meaning: feminine singular of rufo
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/rufa/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Rufa is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 40K(inferred from the name graph)
- AZAzerbaijan≈1 in 20K
- VEVenezuela≈1 in 121K
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.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 90 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 20K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,700 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Azerbaijan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
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)
feminine singular of rufo
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Rufa 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | ≈2,700 est. | ≈1 in 40K | — | Rufa | 24 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈1,600 est. | ≈1 in 133K | — | Rufa | 12 |
| CN China | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 1.2M | — | Rufa | 7 |
| ID Indonesia | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 236K | — | Rufa | 22 |
| AZ Azerbaijan | ≈510 est. | ≈1 in 20K | — | Rufa | 10 |
| VE Venezuela | ≈240 est. | ≈1 in 121K | — | Rufa | 6 |
| ES Spain | 40 | 1 in 1.3M | 47 | Rufa | 13 |
| BH Bahrain | ≈9 est. | ≈1 in 167K | — | Rufa | 2 |
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: INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Rufa is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Latin, from Latin rufus 'red-haired'
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In Polish, stern (rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Esperanto, ginger, russet, redheaded
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latin, inflection of rūfus:
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Catalan, wrinkle, pucker
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Rufa Mae Quintob. 1978PHFilipino actress and comedian
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)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 28 sources across 15 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 35 | #57,051 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 35 | #56,582 |
Reference works 4
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
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 Rufa mean, and where does it come from?
- feminine singular of rufo Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Rufa?
- A machine transcription gives /rufa/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- Is Rufa a male or female name?
- Rufa is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Rufa have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.7 thousand people named Rufa in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rufa.
- How common is the name Rufa?
- In Spain, the national register counted 40 people named Rufa, about 1 in 1.3 million residents.
What do you want to know about Rufa?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/rufaThe 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, “Rufa”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.