Surname Spotlight: Rubert

Rubert shows up clearly in national surname statistics.

Rubert coat of arms

Heraldry follows families, not surnames. A Rubert coat of arms, where one exists, belonged to a specific line.

Surname origin

Standard surname dictionaries do not settle the origin of Rubert, so we research it family by family rather than guess. Spelling in old records was loose, so search for Rubert under several forms.

French birth records list 727 children named Rubert between 1891 and 2000. There were 18 such births in the 1890s and 64 in the 1990s. About 612 people in the United States were recorded as Rubert in 2010, placing it 36,525 on the national list. Names that sound alike, such as Robert, are easily confused in old records. Get the complete Rubert report, with a museum-style coat of arms.