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Rübin Ranking

In the United States, the name Rübin is the 1,883rd most popular surname with an estimated 17,409 people with that name. 1 However, in France, the name Rübin is ranked the 4,909th most popular surname with an estimated 1,500 - 2,000 people with that name. 2


United States Rübin migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Rübin Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Mr. Rubin, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1805 3
  • D Rubin, aged 55, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1829 3
  • D. Rubin, who arrived in New Orleans in 1829
  • Peter Rubin, who arrived at the port of Mobile, Alabama in 1832
  • Peter Rubin, aged 34, who landed in Mobile, Ala in 1832 3
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Canada Rübin migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Rübin Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century
  • Catherine Regina Rubin, who settled in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1752

Contemporary Notables of the name Rübin (post 1700) +

  • Theodore Isaac Rubin (1923-2019), American psychiatrist and author
  • Andrew Harold Rubin (1946-2015), American actor, best known for his role in Police Academy
  • Tibor "Ted" Rubin (1929-2015), Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Korean War as a U.S. Infantry soldier and POW
  • Stanley Creamer Rubin (1917-2014), American screenwriter and film and television producer, recipient of the first Emmy Award in 1949
  • Alan Rubin (1943-2011), American musician
  • Karl Rubin (b. 1956), American mathematician awarded the Cole Prize for Number Theory in 1992
  • James Philip Rubin (b. 1960), United States Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs from 1997 to 2000
  • Robert Edward Rubin (b. 1938), American business executive and government official
  • Amparo Rubín (1955-2024), born María Amparo Rubín Tagle, was a Mexican singer
  • Barry M. Rubin (1950-2014), American-born Israeli expert on terrorism and Middle Eastern affairs
  • ... (Another 2 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Pan Am Flight 103 (Lockerbie)
  • Arnaud David Rubin (1960-1988), Belgian Passenger from Waterloo, Belgium, who flew aboard the Pan Am Flight 103 from Frankfurt to Detroit, known as the Lockerbie bombing in 1988 and died 4


Suggested Readings for the name Rübin +

  • Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, A History of the Rottenberg, Rubin, Goldstein et al. Families by Dan Rottenberg.
  • A Link with the Future: a History of the Rottenberg, Rubin, Goldstein Families by Dan Rottenberg.

  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  3. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  4. Pan Am Flight 103's victims: A list of those killed 25 years ago | syracuse.com. (Retrieved 2014, April 9) . Retrieved from http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2013/12/pan_am_flight_103s_victims_a_list_of_those_killed_25_years_ago.html


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