Reuben Forename
4,481st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 234,086 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Malta
Reuben Forename Definition:
A male name. Hebrew ‘behold a son’, the name of one of the ss. of Jacob and of a tribe of Israel. Its use as a christian name in England dates from the 17th C.
Reuben Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 100% | 39,770 | 1:1,164 | 235 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 37,205 | 1:4,773 | 797 |
| United States | 100% | 21,829 | 1:16,608 | 1,459 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 21,521 | 1:2,453 | 462 |
| Ghana | 100% | 16,125 | 1:1,674 | 304 |
| Zambia | - | 15,981 | 1:992 | 226 |
| South Africa | 100% | 15,043 | 1:3,625 | 699 |
| Israel | 98% | 14,795 | 1:568 | 102 |
| Malawi | 100% | 11,739 | 1:1,458 | 303 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 8,842 | 1:1,744 | 317 |
| Philippines | 99% | 3,749 | 1:28,277 | 2,572 |
| England | 100% | 3,525 | 1:15,774 | 1,079 |
| Jamaica | - | 2,474 | 1:1,165 | 291 |
| Sudan | - | 2,380 | 1:15,885 | 1,693 |
| Uganda | 100% | 2,130 | 1:19,229 | 1,581 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,577 | 1:21,010 | 1,873 |
| India | 100% | 1,553 | 1:782,278 | 55,199 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1,462 | 1:3,018 | 417 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,427 | 1:3,179 | 535 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97% | 1,104 | 1:7,384 | 775 |
| Botswana | 100% | 1,092 | 1:2,000 | 357 |
| Australia | - | 1,010 | 1:13,522 | 1,117 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 940 | 1:22,990 | 1,945 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 874 | 1:35,255 | 4,434 |
| Malta | - | 801 | 1:536 | 127 |
| Bangladesh | - | 550 | 1:289,930 | 13,006 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 468 | 1:65,064 | 5,071 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 465 | 1:1,249 | 243 |
| Swaziland | - | 282 | 1:4,611 | 838 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 257 | 1:5,297 | 904 |
| Bahamas | - | 221 | 1:1,807 | 421 |
| Guyana | 100% | 202 | 1:3,779 | 720 |
| Fiji | - | 201 | 1:4,440 | 1,122 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 171 | 1:41,825 | 3,817 |
| Brazil | 100% | 162 | 1:1,322,445 | 31,826 |
| Singapore | 100% | 147 | 1:42,769 | 6,611 |
| Scotland | 100% | 129 | 1:41,476 | 1,438 |
| Wales | 100% | 118 | 1:26,223 | 1,272 |
| Barbados | - | 115 | 1:2,520 | 519 |
| Belize | 100% | 115 | 1:3,081 | 701 |
| Thailand | 100% | 108 | 1:648,758 | 27,961 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 100 | 1:2,579,637 | 123,657 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 96 | 1:176,063 | 7,025 |
| Namibia | - | 79 | 1:30,433 | 2,363 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 64 | 1:1,553 | 329 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 63 | 1:1,771 | 331 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 56 | 1:1,960 | 400 |
| Japan | - | 49 | 1:2,611,960 | 21,755 |
| Kuwait | - | 47 | 1:80,538 | 6,521 |
| Ireland | 100% | 40 | 1:116,088 | 2,722 |
| China | - | 39 | 1:35,027,071 | 61,373 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 38 | 1:1,444 | 332 |
| Sweden | 100% | 37 | 1:266,430 | 8,432 |
| Gambia | - | 36 | 1:53,517 | 339 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 33 | 1:1,052 | 243 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 31 | 1:336,493 | 11,264 |
| Northern Ireland | 76% | 30 | 1:61,438 | 1,282 |
| Germany | 100% | 28 | 1:3,452,781 | 16,151 |
| Grenada | 100% | 26 | 1:4,159 | 713 |
| Rwanda | - | 25 | 1:454,857 | 1,393 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 21 | 1:3,515,600 | 73,131 |
| France | 100% | 20 | 1:3,323,517 | 16,030 |
| Qatar | 100% | 20 | 1:118,480 | 12,874 |
| Norway | 100% | 19 | 1:270,123 | 6,107 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 17 | 1:1,838 | 426 |
| Guam | - | 17 | 1:9,450 | 1,317 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 17 | 1:120,000 | 9,827 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 16 | 1:443,041 | 536 |
| Mexico | 100% | 15 | 1:8,276,295 | 27,186 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 14 | 1:4,378 | 794 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 14 | 1:2,157,278 | 37,130 |
| Bermuda | - | 13 | 1:4,987 | 816 |
| Hong Kong | - | 13 | 1:596,363 | 4,636 |
| Spain | 100% | 13 | 1:3,579,228 | 14,309 |
| Belgium | 100% | 10 | 1:1,149,004 | 13,254 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 10 | 1:17,782 | 1,938 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 10 | 1:821,350 | 10,525 |
| Egypt | 100% | 9 | 1:10,211,216 | 21,716 |
| Madagascar | - | 9 | 1:2,625,490 | 3,077 |
| Poland | 100% | 9 | 1:4,225,235 | 4,388 |
| Vanuatu | - | 9 | 1:29,088 | 709 |
| Argentina | 100% | 8 | 1:5,346,655 | 13,183 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| Panama | - | 8 | 1:488,320 | 13,543 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 7 | 1:185,398 | 4,003 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 7 | 1:27,765,383 | 122,080 |
| American Samoa | - | 6 | 1:9,308 | 1,982 |
| Czechia | 100% | 6 | 1:1,776,027 | 4,577 |
| Italy | 100% | 6 | 1:10,177,015 | 31,373 |
| Oman | - | 6 | 1:684,778 | 5,486 |
| South Korea | - | 6 | 1:924,070 | 17,138 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 6 | 1:3,961,614 | 68,952 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 5 | 1:2,651 | 523 |
| Montserrat | - | 5 | 1:975 | 152 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Brunei | - | 4 | 1:104,892 | 1,566 |
| Cook Islands | - | 4 | 1:4,538 | 691 |
| Ethiopia | - | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Greece | 100% | 4 | 1:2,733,637 | 12,935 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Somalia | - | 4 | 1:3,381,467 | 5,208 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,887,755 | 1,822 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Suriname | - | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Afghanistan | - | 3 | 1:10,874,505 | 40,253 |
| Benin | - | 3 | 1:3,525,281 | 51,145 |
| Bolivia | - | 3 | 1:3,533,801 | 5,917 |
| Georgia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,246,155 | 15,822 |
| Jersey | - | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Monaco | - | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Nauru | 100% | 3 | 1:3,976 | 333 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 3 | 1:1,183,434 | 5,646 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Chile | 100% | 2 | 1:8,803,604 | 33,591 |
| Colombia | - | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Finland | 75% | 2 | 1:2,741,592 | 19,235 |
| Hungary | 100% | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Jordan | - | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Peru | 100% | 2 | 1:15,895,727 | 74,652 |
| Russia | 100% | 2 | 1:72,116,852 | 125,484 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Austria | 100% | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Costa Rica | - | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Denmark | - | 1 | 1:5,649,498 | 28,429 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Paraguay | - | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
Reuben (80,462) may also be a surname.
Reuben Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Hebrew ‘behold a son’, the name of one of the ss. of Jacob and of a tribe of Israel. Its use as a christian name in England dates from the 17th C.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Hebrew, ‘“behold a son!” cries the mother in her first pride’ (Yonge). It was Reuben, the eldest son of Jacob and Leah, who founded one of the twelve tribes of Israel. In the U. S. A., fairly general; in the British Empire, now mainly among Jews.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
The Scripture name, in Hebrew רְאוּבֵן, R’ubhén which St Jerome translates ‘son of vision;’ Simonis, ‘son of (Divine) respect;’ Tregelles, ‘see,’ i. e. ‘behold a son.’
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Rew'-ben, who sees the son, or vision of the son. The eldest son of Jacob and Leah; born A. M. 2252. Gen. xxix. 32.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: see ye, a son.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Hebrew name, meaning: Behold, a son!
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Reuben Forename Popularity
Reuben Demographics
Average Reuben Salary in
United States
$42,115 USD
Per year
Rank:
223,085 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00573411
Rank: 1,468 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
96.75%
Sample size: 11,224 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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