Ruben Family History
- Ruben Name Meaning
- Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Rubin. German (of Slavic origin): habitational name from a place so named near Kottbus or from Rubyn. German (of Slavic origin): nickname for a big, heavy fellow (see Rubel 2). German (Rüben): habitational name from a place so named near Leipzig.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 75,955 Historical Documents with Ruben on Ancestry
- 35,136 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 21,059 Census and Voter Lists
- 3,420 Military Records
- 6,236 Immigration Records
- 10,104 Member Trees
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Number of Ruben families
 16 - 29  6 - 15 |
 1 - 5  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Ruben families
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3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Ruben census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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