# Ribas (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ribas/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Catalan |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,082 |
| US rank (2010) | 23,485 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 285,347 people |
| Change since 2000 | +25% (863 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan, Portuguese and Spanish Ribas.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ribas in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 26% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 70% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.4% |
| Two or more races | 0.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ribas in Spain and Brazil.

## People named Ribas

- Moon Ribas, artist
- Amanda Ribas, Brazilian mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter

## Similar surnames

Rivas, Reeves, Reaves, Reavis, Roebuck, Rives, Revis, Raposo, Rabago, Rybak, Rapoza, Rybicki.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.