Rufus Family History
- Rufus Name Meaning
- English: from a Latin nickname meaning ‘red-haired’ (see Ruffo). This is found in medieval English documents as a translation of various surnames with the same sense. (As a personal name it was not adopted until the 19th century.) 1881 British census has 98; UK 55; adm
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 59,357 Historical Documents with Rufus on Ancestry
- 15,350 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 10,452 Census and Voter Lists
- 1,729 Military Records
- 693 Immigration Records
- 31,133 Member Trees
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Number of Rufus families
 17 - 31  6 - 16 |
 1 - 5  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Rufus families
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3 - 4 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Rufus census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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