Explore the Family Name Rubenacker

The meaning of Rubenacker

German (Rübenacker): topographic name for someone who lived by a field where turnips were grown, from Middle High German ruobe, rüebe ‘turnip’ + acker ‘(cultivated) field’.

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How common is the last name Rubenacker in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Rubenacker has slightly increased from 2000 to 2010. The rank moved up from 64,934th most popular surname in 2000 to 63,524th in 2010, representing a change of 2.17 percent. Additionally, the count of people with the Rubenacker surname rose by 9.79 percent during the same period, from 286 in 2000 to 314 in 2010. However, the proportion of the surname per 100,000 population remained stable at 0.11.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#64,934	#63,524	2.17%
Count	286	314	9.79%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.11	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Rubenacker

Shifting focus to ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data depicts some changes in the ethnic identity associated with the Rubenacker surname between 2000 and 2010. The proportion of individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander decreased by 27.14 percent, while those identifying as two or more races saw an increase of 45.71 percent. The majority, or 90.45 percent, of individuals with the surname identified as White in 2010, down from 93.71 percent in 2000. Interestingly, the data shows a new appearance of Hispanic identification within this surname group, rising to 3.50 percent in 2010 from no recorded percentage in 2000. There was no change for those identifying as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.71%	90.45%	-3.48%
Hispanic	0%	3.5%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	3.5%	2.55%	-27.14%
Two or More Races	1.75%	2.55%	45.71%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%