Rubes

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ɹuːbz/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Rubes is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • CZCzechia1 in 16K(measured from records)
  • HRCroatia1 in 98K
  • ITItaly≈1 in 247K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Czechia (measured from records)

675 people

Sources
72 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 16K (inferred from the name graph)

Czechia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Rubes counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Rubes is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CZ Czechia6751 in 16K680——
IT Italy≈250 est.≈1 in 247KlistedRubes10
US United States≈130 est.≈1 in 2.6MlistedRubes72
FR France≈52 est.≈1 in 1.3M6——
BR Brazil≈44 est.≈1 in 4.8M999Rubes22
HR Croatia431 in 98K43——
VE Venezuela≈27 est.≈1 in 1.1M—Rubes5
SK Slovakia111 in 495K11——

675 people counted by MVČR — living population register 2017. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; MVČR — living population register 2017; naše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Rubes is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Czech surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Czechia, Slovakia, United Kingdom, United States

    Languages: Czech, Slovak

    Also written Rubeš

  • Croatian surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, Italy

    Also written Rubeš

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium

    Also written Rubès

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Rubeš

24 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Rubes is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Latin, second-person singular present active indicative of rubeō

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Galician, second-person singular present indicative of rubir

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Mr Rubes,
InformalHi Rubes,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 18 sources across 11 countries.

Official registers attesting Rubes
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—290#27,183
HR CroatiaDZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)202143#14,640
HR CroatiaDZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021)202135—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198111—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19618—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19916—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19516—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19715—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19412—
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1931——
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1921——

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Cognomix.it (Nomix s.r.l.) — Italian surname origin dictionary

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Rubes?
A machine transcription gives /ɹuːbz/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Rubes have the most bearers?
In Czechia, the national register counted about 675 people named Rubes, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Rubes most common?
Rubes is densest in Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 16 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Rubes?
In Czechia, the national register counted 675 people named Rubes, about 1 in 16 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Rubes”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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