Find out how popular the last name Rubalcaba is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Rubalcaba.

Rubalcaba, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Rubalcaba surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Rubalcaba in America

Rubalcaba is the 10792nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Rubalcaba surname appeared 2,955 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Rubalcaba.

We can also compare 2010 data for Rubalcaba to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Rubalcaba

The surname Rubalcaba has its origins in the Iberian Peninsula, specifically in Spain. It is believed to have emerged in the late medieval period, around the 13th or 14th century. The name is thought to be derived from a combination of Spanish words, possibly "rub" meaning "red" and "alcoba" meaning "alcove" or "bedchamber." This suggests that the name may have initially referred to a person who lived or worked in a red-colored room or alcove.

One of the earliest recorded instances of this surname can be found in the Libro de Repartimiento de Sevilla, a document from the 13th century that recorded the distribution of land and property in the city of Seville after its conquest by King Ferdinand III of Castile in 1248. The name Rubalcaba appears in this text, indicating its presence in Andalusia, southern Spain, during that era.

In the 15th century, the surname Rubalcaba is mentioned in records from the town of Úbeda, in the province of Jaén, Andalusia. This provides evidence of the name's continued presence in the region over several centuries.

Notable individuals who have borne the surname Rubalcaba include Diego Rubalcaba, a Spanish conquistador who participated in the conquest of Mexico in the 16th century, and Juan de Rubalcaba, a 17th-century Spanish painter known for his religious works.

In the 19th century, José Rubalcaba y Husillo (1809-1885) was a Spanish politician and jurist who served as a member of the Spanish Congress of Deputies and as a judge in the Supreme Court of Spain.

Another prominent figure was Enrique Rubalcaba Higuera (1883-1966), a Spanish military officer who fought in the Rif War in Morocco and later held important positions in the Spanish Army during the Second Spanish Republic and the Spanish Civil War.

More recently, Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba (1951-2019) was a Spanish politician who served as the Minister of the Interior and the First Deputy Prime Minister of Spain under the government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Rubalcaba

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Rubalcaba.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Rubalcaba was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Rubalcaba has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Rubalcaba was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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