Reuben is used as a family name or surname in Tanzania. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Reuben
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Tanzania
Meaning: Rare and brought to the North, it is probably a variant of Reuben, Rubens, which correspond to the area at the Robert name (Rubrecht). It however also consider the biblical name Ruben (eldest son of Jacob).

How popular is Reuben?

Reuben is common in Tanzania.

Reuben is ranked 10117 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Reuben bearers increased by 5.757308 per cent in 2010 US census to 1194 since 2000, the surname slipped by 221 spots and ranked at 21774. The last name was found in around 4 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 46.98 52.79
Black 33.08 29.94
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 7.71 5.4
American Indian and Alaska Native 5.86 6.55
Others 3.43 3.1
Hispanic or Latino 2.932.21
Reuben is quite popular family name mostly used in Nigeria while Vanuatu is ahead in terms of density. Around 53067 people have been found who wears Reuben as their family name. Reuben is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
705 Gibraltar7
7,594 Pakistan5
946 Papua New Guinea5
381,097 Ukraine4
720,003 Russia4
7,294 Kuwait3
3,340 Jamaica3
14,078 Japan3
3,818 Zambia3
3,707 Malawi3
18,718 Thailand2
20,595 China2
261 Solomon Islands2
40,256 Mexico2
1,256 Myanmar2
118,441 Germany2
54,135 Philippines2
219,873 France2
2,705 Togo2
91,784 Netherlands2
10,958 Bangladesh1
8,181 Botswana1
13,606 Senegal1
810,193 Indonesia1
15,705 Cameroon1
31,207 Ireland1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
3,275 Nepal1
47,891 Norway1
58,885 Poland1
36,814 Romania1
4,171 Rwanda1
1,421 Saint Lucia1
5,589 Sudan1
21,562 Portugal1
25,721 Egypt1
29,774 Venezuela1
18,969 Wales1
16,640 Hong Kong1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
2,017 Costa Rica42
7,175 Singapore41
24,028 United Arab Emirates38
14,963 Scotland26
42,407 Sweden22
2,015 Iceland19
78,041 Spain19
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
1,423 Guyana86
2,460 Trinidad and Tobago63
329 Grenada53
Countries with hundreds of Reuben:
4,483 Ghana639
1,983 Israel577
5,097 Malaysia430
66,966 India396
341 Fiji316
89 Vanuatu294
11,696 Australia238
8,211 Zimbabwe234
17,540 Canada208
4,956 New Zealand154
75,961 Brazil111
Countries with thousands of Reuben:
1,886 Kenya3,060
3,162 Uganda1,680
19,488 United States1,657
4,368 South Africa1,498
6,942 England1,000
Countries with ten thousands of Reuben:
1,147 Nigeria22,161
303 Tanzania17,925
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Reuben Reuben worked as child and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 6 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on E.Z. and arrived on July 16, 1851. 45 years old Farmtin Reuben, 18 years old Mary Reuben, Sarah Reuben, aged 13, Immigrant William Reuben, Brendan Reuben, Sarah Reuben, aged 33, 9 years old Goldey Reuben, Guerson Reuben (7), and 5 other Reuben migrated to US.

Reuben Namesakes

  • Anoop Reubens, Film Score Composer
  • Julie Reuben, Historian
  • Bunny Reuben, Film producer
  • Thomas Reuben Black, Canadian Politician
  • William A. Reuben, Journalist
  • Thomas Reuben Black, Canadian Politician
  • Paul Reubens, Actor
  • Paul Reubens, Actor
  • Galit Reuben, Set decorator
  • Gloria Reuben, Singer

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