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    The surname Rubio

    A Spanish surname, carried by 50,788 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈɹubioʊ/ 3 syllables Soundex R100

    Rubio: #673 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Rubio #673, 50,788 people Rubio: #673 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott Rubio #673, 50,788 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rubio is more common than 99.6% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Rubio.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 50,788 people named Rubio in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 6,079 Americans. That is up 39% since 2000, when the Census counted 36,531.

    #673
    rank among US surnames
    50,788
    people in 2010
    17
    per 100,000 Americans
    +39%
    change since 2000 (was #866)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #664Bonilla51,4755,998
    #665Acevedo51,3516,012
    #666Benitez51,2886,020
    #667Zavala51,1536,036
    #668Hensley51,0816,044
    #669Glenn51,0436,049
    #670Cisneros50,9206,063

    Who is named Rubio

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

    92% of people named Rubio identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.3% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 92%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    • Two or more races 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Rubios

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Marco Rubio
      72nd United States Secretary of State since 2025
    • Jordi Rubio
      Andorran footballer, born 1987
    • Jesús Rubio Gomez
      Andorran footballer, born 1994

    Notable Rubios come mostly from Andorra (2) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Rubio

    Rubio has the Soundex code R100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R100.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Rubio come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Rubio.
    How common is the surname Rubio?
    50,788 people in the United States had the surname Rubio in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,079 Americans. It ranked 673rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rubio?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Rubio identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.3% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Rubio?
    Marco Rubio, 72nd United States Secretary of State since 2025, followed by Jordi Rubio.
    Where is the surname Rubio most common?
    Wikidata records people named Rubio in Andorra and the United States.
    How do you pronounce Rubio?
    Rubio is /ˈɹubioʊ/, 3 syllables.
    Is the surname Rubio getting more or less common?
    More common. 36,531 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 50,788 in 2010, up 39%.