The Ruble surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,503 people carried this name — #5,355 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 45,500 people counted. That is up 4% from 6,270 in 2000.

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In print

Ruble in American newspapers,
1910–1917.

Newspaper page from The Hattiesburg News carrying the name Ruble
The Hattiesburg News 1910-05-14
Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Ruble
New-york Tribune 1917-09-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Ruble in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1960s.

2,250 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Ruble. The most, 426, date from the 1950s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 2.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 1,073
New South Wales 972
Victoria 137
Western Australia 28
South Australia 25
Tasmania 10
ACT (Canberra) 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Ruble.

In the public record

People named Ruble,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States389 records

389 records of the Ruble name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 242
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 76
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 32
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 21
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 12
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Raymond D. Ruble

    Born 1914 in Kansas. Enlisted 1942 at Los Angeles, California; driver. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1990, buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Vincenzo Ruble

    Arrived at New York in 1906 aboard the Lombardia from Naples and Palermo, aged 19; laborer. From Supino, Frosinone, Italy; bound for Newark.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Terry C. Ruble

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1957, died 1976; buried at Springfield National Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 389 records for Ruble in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Germany11 records

11 records of the Ruble name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 10
  • German emigration and citizenship files 1
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Adam Ruble

    From Neunkirchen, Ottweiler. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 9 November 1915 (Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 17).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Adolf Rüble

    Left Lahr for America in 1868.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Friedrich Rüble

    From Frankenthal, Bayern. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 10 May 1918.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 3 of 11 records for Ruble in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0) · Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

France9 records

9 records of the Ruble name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Daniel Rodolphe Ruble

    Born 1913 in Strasbourg; died 1980 in Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Lucie Ruble

    Born 1908 in Saverne (Bas-Rhin); died 2000 in Lyon (Rhône).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Leon Ruble

    Born 1898 in Saverne; died 1975 in Saverne (Bas-Rhin).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 9 records for Ruble in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Ruble name in Australia Tasmanian Names Index
  1. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record James Ruble

    Left Hobart in 1823 aboard the Berwick, bound for Port Jackson, as sailmaker.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

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