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    The surname Ribas

    A Catalan surname, carried by 1,082 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R120

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ribas is more common than 85.5% of them.

    Origin

    Catalan origin

    Borrowed from Catalan, Portuguese and Spanish Ribas.

    One of 39 Catalan surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,082 people named Ribas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 285,347 Americans. That is up 25% since 2000, when the Census counted 863.

    #23,485
    rank among US surnames
    1,082
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +25.4%
    change since 2000 (was #26,566)

    Who is named Ribas

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

    70% of people named Ribas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 26% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 70%
    • White (not Hispanic) 26%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.4%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Ribass

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Moon Ribas
      Artist, born 1985
    • Amanda Ribas
      Brazilian mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, born 1993

    Notable Ribass come mostly from Spain (1) and Brazil (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ribas

    Ribas has the Soundex code R120, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R120.

    Other Catalan surnames

    All 39 Catalan surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ribas come from?
    Borrowed from Catalan, Portuguese and Spanish Ribas.
    How common is the surname Ribas?
    1,082 people in the United States had the surname Ribas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 285,347 Americans. It ranked 23,485th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ribas?
    In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Ribas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 26% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Ribas?
    Moon Ribas, artist, followed by Amanda Ribas.
    Where is the surname Ribas most common?
    Wikidata records people named Ribas in Spain and Brazil.
    Is the surname Ribas getting more or less common?
    More common. 863 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,082 in 2010, up 25%.