| ![Show Contents]() Ruben Surname History
Etymology of RubenWhat does the name Ruben mean? Jewish hereditary surnames were adopted from a variety of different sources. The surname Ruben is a patronymic surname, which belongs to the category of hereditary surnames. The surname Ruben 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. Ruben Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Rubinik, Rubinus, Rubinig, Rubinick, Rubinich, Rübin, Rubin, Rubins, Ruben, Rubens, Rubein, Rubinfeld, Rubenthal, Rubinstein and many more. Ruben RankingIn the United States, the name Ruben is the 9,776th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1
| Ruben migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Ruben Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Julius Ruben, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1738 2
Ruben Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Harris Ruben, who landed in Texas in 1850-1906 2
- Charles Ruben, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1876 2
- Leonard Ruben, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1880
| Contemporary Notables of the name Ruben (post 1700) | + |
- Albert Ruben (b. 1918), prominent artist in New Orleans
- Henrik Ruben Genz (b. 1959), Danish Academy Award nominated film director
- Major-General Ernst Ruben Lagus (1896-1959), Finnish General Officer Commanding 2nd Division (1945-1947) 3
- Ruben Samuel Fleischer (b. 1974), American film director, film producer, television producer, music video director, and commercial director
- Ruben Romeo Corbo Burmia (b. 1952), retired Uruguayan football striker
- Ruben Enrique Douglas (1979-2024), American-Panamanian professional basketball player
- Ruben Ostlund (b. 1974), Swedish filmmaker best known for his work on Force Majeure (2014), The Square (2017) and Triangle of Sadness (2022), winning awards at the Cannes Film Festival, the later earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay, with the film itself being nominated for Best Picture
- Ruben Östlund (b. 1974), Swedish filmmaker best known for his work on Force Majeure (2014), The Square (2017) and Triangle of Sadness (2022), winning awards at the Cannes Film Festival,the later earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay, with the film itself being nominated for Best Picture
- Ruben Östlund (b. 1974), Swedish filmmaker best known for his work on Force Majeure (2014), The Square (2017) and Triangle of Sadness (2022), winning awards at the Cannes Film Festival, the later earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay, with the film itself being nominated for Best Picture
- Ruben Francisco Ortega Jr., American politician, Arizona state representative
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- 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)
- Generals of World War II. (Retrieved 2011, October 5) Ernst Lagus. Retrieved from http://generals.dk/general/Lagus/Ernst_Ruben/Finland.html
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