The Rubio surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 50,788 people carried this name — #673 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 5,810 people counted. That is up 39% from 36,531 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 10,199 people named Rubio 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 Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,458 people named Rubio.
656 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 64 départements, most often Hérault.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
302 people named Rubio live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
60 people named Rubio is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Rubio in American newspapers,
1894–1930.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 29,562 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Rubio,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mateo Joaquin Rubio de Arevalo 1724–1786 · Catholic bishop -
Leandro Rubio Martínez 1819–1887 · politician -
Federico Rubio y Galí 1827–1902 · writer -
Romero Rubio 1828–1895 · lawyer -
Isabel Rubio 1837–1898
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 202 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rubio.
- 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
- Rubira 113 · U.S. census
- Rubis 408 · U.S. census
- Rubrecht 205 · U.S. census
- Ruby 9,091 · U.S. census
- Ruch 3,682 · U.S. census
- Ruck 2,066 · U.S. census
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