The Rubens surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 778 people carried this name — #30,139 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 384,600 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (780).
In Belgium’s population register
At least 361 people named Rubens live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Limburg.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 135 people named Rubens.
27 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often La Réunion.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 28 people named Rubens live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in City of Buenos Aires.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Rubens,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jan Rubens 1530–1587 · lawyer -
Philip Rubens 1574–1611 · librarian -
Peter Paul Rubens 1577–1640 · diplomat -
Clara Serena Rubens 1611–1623 -
Albert Rubens 1614–1657 · numismatist -
Ralph Rubens d. 1995
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rubens.
- Ruban 257 · U.S. census
- Rubbo 554 · U.S. census
- Rube 252 · U.S. census
- Rubeck 677 · U.S. census
- Rubel 1,843 · U.S. census
- Ruben 2,884 · U.S. census
- Rubert 612 · U.S. census
- Rubi 2,070 · U.S. census
- Rubin 23,165 · U.S. census
- Rubini 206 · U.S. census
- Rubino 6,917 · U.S. census
- Rubinstein 3,183 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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