Rub Surname

156,901st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,789 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bangladesh
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Rub Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rub Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bangladesh5411:294,5608,696
United States3991:908,41868,362
India3461:2,216,95273,627
Saudi Arabia3181:97,03114,320
Pakistan1921:930,43712,496
Switzerland1281:64,1637,867
Australia1191:226,85521,510
Russia1161:1,242,44090,032
Germany971:829,95360,372
United Arab Emirates801:114,5289,720
France761:873,983102,402
Israel671:127,72613,864
Taiwan401:586,1194,335
Thailand331:2,140,556247,258
Mexico301:4,137,54026,679
Qatar281:84,2149,043
England221:2,532,63991,802
Philippines181:5,624,346177,167
Spain141:3,339,43167,428
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Argentina91:4,749,268159,873
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
Malaysia81:3,686,778134,908
Jordan81:1,105,30516,405
Belarus61:1,583,51089,472
Ukraine61:7,587,116277,111
Poland51:7,601,750167,855
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Cambodia31:5,162,38210,688
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Armenia31:976,72713,552
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Nicaragua21:3,010,5457,383
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
China21:683,660,78330,601
El Salvador21:3,171,9446,376
Bhutan21:308,0201,264
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States351:1,434,82077,606

The alternate forms: Rüb (1,812) are calculated separately.

Rub (3,017) may also be a first name.

Rub Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Rub Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Rub (Hindi: रब, Marathi: रुब, Oriya: ରୁବ, Russian: Руб, Tibetan: རུབ་) occurs most in Bangladesh. It may also occur in the variant forms: Rüb. For other possible spellings of Rub click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rub? popularity and diffusion

The surname Rub is the 156,901st most numerous family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 2,612,960 people. Rub occurs predominantly in Asia, where 62 percent of Rub are found; 39 percent are found in South Asia and 26 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Rub is also the 131,660th most numerous forename worldwide, held by 3,017 people.

The surname Rub is most widely held in Bangladesh, where it is borne by 541 people, or 1 in 294,560. Aside from Bangladesh it is found in 68 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 14 percent are found and India, where 12 percent are found.

Rub Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Rub has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Rub surname rose 1,140 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Rub Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Orthodox (100%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Rub last name are 12.2% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 65.43% registered with the party.

Rub earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 9.74% more than the national average, earning $47,351 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rüb891,812/
Raub864,487/
Roub86972/
Hrub8695/
Rubh8692/
Reub8645/
Ruib8613/
Ruub863/
Rubz863/
Rubs863/
Rubì862/
Ruyb862/
Rubd862/
Ruhb861/
Rubt861/
Rutb861/
Rubė861/
Hroub75548/
Rahub7555/
Rautb7524/
Raubs7516/
Rohub7512/
Roubh753/
Routb753/
Roubt751/
Reubh751/
Ruubt751/
Roubs751/
Raubt751/
Reubs750/
Rob6723,419/
Ruf6723,312/
Rup6710,267/
Rubova67124/
Ruv6777/
Rubowa6750/
Rubsch6729/
Ruw6721/
Roubsh671/
Rób671/

Rub Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rub in the Tibetan language
རུབ་rub-
Rub in the Oriya language
ରୁବruba-
Rub in the Marathi language
रुबruba88.24
रूबruba5.88
अरुबaruba5.88
Rub in the Hindi language
रबraba50
रूबruba28.57
रुबीrubi7.14
रूबीrubi7.14
रुबruba3.57
रूबीनाrubina3.57
Rub in the Russian language
Рубrub-

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