Where Does The Last Name Ruby Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Ruby (Arabic: رُوبي, Hindi: रूबी, Oriya: ରୁବି) has its highest incidence in The United States. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Rüby or Rubý. Click here for further potential spellings of Ruby.

How Common Is The Last Name Ruby? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 18,839^th most frequently used last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 249,224 people. The surname Ruby occurs mostly in The Americas, where 46 percent of Ruby live; 46 percent live in North America and 45 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,872^nd most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 534,981 people.

Ruby is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 12,565 people, or 1 in 28,847. In The United States Ruby is mostly concentrated in: California, where 9 percent are found, Pennsylvania, where 7 percent are found and Maryland, where 7 percent are found. Beside The United States this surname is found in 114 countries. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 19 percent are found and Egypt, where 5 percent are found.

Ruby Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Ruby has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ruby last name grew 534 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 325 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 303 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 118 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it declined 10 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Ruby Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Ruby last name is chiefly Anglican (53%) in Ireland and Sunni (80%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those bearing the Ruby surname are 14.77% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 61.54% being registered with the party.

The amount Ruby earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 27.68% less than the national average, earning 250,301 kr per year; in Colombia they earn 31.78% more than the national average, earning $29,916,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 1.65% more than the national average, earning $43,860 USD per year and in Canada they earn 26.29% more than the national average, earning $62,747 CAD per year.