Where does the surname Rubenstein come from?

Rubenstein is German in origin.

How common is the surname Rubenstein?

4,833 people in the United States had the surname Rubenstein in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,883 Americans. It ranked 6,936th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rubenstein?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Rubenstein identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Rubenstein?

David Rubenstein, American businessman (born 1949), followed by Richard L. Rubenstein.

Where is the surname Rubenstein most common?

Wikidata records people named Rubenstein in the United States.

Is the surname Rubenstein getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,866 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,833 in 2010, down 0.7%.

The surname Rubenstein

A German surname, carried by 4,833 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex R152

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rubenstein is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

German origin

A surname from German.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,833 people named Rubenstein in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 63,883 Americans. That is down 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,866.

#6,936

rank among US surnames

4,833

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

-0.7%

change since 2000 (was #6,436)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,932	Arguelles	4,837	63,830
#6,933	Holler	4,836	63,843
#6,935	Whiteley	4,834	63,870
#6,936	Rubenstein	4,833	63,883
#6,937	Canas	4,832	63,896

Who is named Rubenstein

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

96% of people named Rubenstein identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rubensteins

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

David Rubenstein
American businessman (born 1949)
Richard L. Rubenstein
American rabbi and theologian (1924–2021)
Harry Ruby
American composer and screenwriter (1895–1974)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Rubinstein

Surnames that sound like Rubenstein

Rubinstein

Rubenstein has the Soundex code R152, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R152.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Rubenstein come from?: Rubenstein is German in origin.
How common is the surname Rubenstein?: 4,833 people in the United States had the surname Rubenstein in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,883 Americans. It ranked 6,936th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rubenstein?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Rubenstein identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Rubenstein?: David Rubenstein, American businessman (born 1949), followed by Richard L. Rubenstein.
Where is the surname Rubenstein most common?: Wikidata records people named Rubenstein in the United States.
Is the surname Rubenstein getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,866 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,833 in 2010, down 0.7%.
What are other spellings of Rubenstein?: Rubinstein.