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    The surname Ribar

    A Serbo-Croatian occupational surname, carried by 649 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R160

    Ribar: #34,801 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Ribar #34,801, 649 people Ribar: #34,801 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Ribar #34,801, 649 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ribar is more common than 78.6% of them.

    Origin

    Serbo-Croatian origin

    Occupational surname, borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Ribar, from ribar (“fisherman”).

    Ribar is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 26 Serbo-Croatian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 649 people named Ribar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 475,725 Americans. That is up 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 611.

    #34,801
    rank among US surnames
    649
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.2%
    change since 2000 (was #34,949)

    Who is named Ribar

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    94% of people named Ribar identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ribar

    Ribar has the Soundex code R160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R160.

    Other Serbo-Croatian surnames

    All 26 Serbo-Croatian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ribar come from?
    Occupational surname, borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Ribar, from ribar (“fisherman”).
    How common is the surname Ribar?
    649 people in the United States had the surname Ribar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 475,725 Americans. It ranked 34,801st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ribar?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Ribar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Ribar?
    Ribar is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Ribar getting more or less common?
    More common. 611 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 649 in 2010, up 6.2%.