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reuben Name Meaning and History

  1. English and Welsh: from the Biblical personal name Reuben (see Rubin), which was popular among Nonconformists from the 16th century onward.
  2. Jewish (Israeli): from the Hebrew form of the personal name Rubin.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of reuben Families in the US in 1920
Number of reuben families
 36-70
 13-35
 1-12
 0
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