Rubin Surname History

Origins Available:
Germany
Italy
Israel

Etymology of Rubin

What does the name Rubin mean?

Jewish hereditary surnames were adopted from a variety of different sources. The surname Rubin is a patronymic surname, which belongs to the category of hereditary surnames. The surname Rubin comes from the first name Reuven or Reuben. However, in German the word Rubin means 'ruby,' so could also have been for some families an ornamental name. Ornamental surnames are names that are not necessarily related to the localities, occupations, nicknames or given names of the first people who used the name. They are typically Ashkenazic in origin.

Rubin Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Rubinik, Rubinus, Rubinig, Rubinick, Rubinich, Rübin, Rubin, Rubins, Ruben, Rubens, Rubein, Rubinfeld, Rubenthal, Rubinstein and many more.

Rubin Ranking

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

Rubin migration to the United States +

Rubin 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.)

Rubin migration to Canada +

Rubin Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Catherine Regina Rubin, who settled in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1752

Contemporary Notables of the name Rubin (post 1700) +

Sam Rubin (1960-2024), American journalist and entertainment reporter for the KTLA Morning News
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
... (Another 5 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Historic Events for the Rubin family +

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

Sources +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
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)
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