Ruebben Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Ruebben Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ruebben Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Ruebben (8) may also be a first name.

Ruebben Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ruebben occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ruebben? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,593,402nd most widely held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname Ruebben occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Ruebben reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ruebben is also the 4,213,784th most prevalent first name globally It is held by 8 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 67 percent are found and Rivers, where 33 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 17 percent are found and Malaysia, where 17 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rubben92807/
Roebben86340/
Roubben8627/
Reubben8618/
Ruebuen861/
Rubbuen861/
Rubbn831/
Rübben7784/
Rubbin7765/
Ribben774/
Reuvben711/
Rejabbin671/
Ribbin6251/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ruebben
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