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    The surname Ribeiro

    A surname, carried by 6,712 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex R160

    Ribeiro: #5,206 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ribeiro #5,206, 6,712 people Ribeiro: #5,206 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ribeiro #5,206, 6,712 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ribeiro is more common than 96.8% of them.

    Origin

    From Portuguese Ribeiro.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,712 people named Ribeiro in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 45,999 Americans. That is up 37% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,905.

    #5,206
    rank among US surnames
    6,712
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +36.8%
    change since 2000 (was #6,395)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,197Roybal6,72545,910
    #5,198Zachary6,72445,917
    #5,199Somerville6,72145,937
    #5,201Orton6,72045,944
    #5,202Fife6,71945,951
    #5,203Farah6,71845,958
    #5,204Farkas6,71445,985

    Who is named Ribeiro

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

    81% of people named Ribeiro identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 6.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 81%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Ribeiros

    36 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Alfonso Ribeiro
      American actor, born 1971
    • Fernanda Ribeiro
      Athletics competitor, long distance runner, born 1969
    • João Ubaldo Ribeiro
      Brazilian author (1941-2014)
    • Alex Ribeiro
      Brazilian racing driver, born 1948
    • Gilton Ribeiro
      Brazilian association football player, born 1989
    • Policarpo Ribeiro de Oliveira
      Brazilian footballer (1907-1986)
    • Djamila Ribeiro
      Brazilian philosophist and feminist, born 1980
    • Fagner Ribeiro da Costa
      Brazilian association football player, born 1990
    • Maria Ribeiro
      Brazilian actress, writer and film director, born 1975
    • Édson Ribeiro
      Brazilian athletics competitor (born 1972)
    • José Leonardo Ribeiro da Silva
      Brazilian footballer, born 1988
    • Caio Ribeiro
      Brazilian footballer and manager, born 1975

    Notable Ribeiros come mostly from Brazil (30), Portugal (2) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ribeiro

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ribeiro come from?
    From Portuguese Ribeiro.
    How common is the surname Ribeiro?
    6,712 people in the United States had the surname Ribeiro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,999 Americans. It ranked 5,206th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ribeiro?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Ribeiro identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Ribeiro?
    Alfonso Ribeiro, American actor, followed by Fernanda Ribeiro.
    Where is the surname Ribeiro most common?
    Wikidata records people named Ribeiro in Brazil, Portugal and the United States and 3 other countries.
    Is the surname Ribeiro getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,905 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,712 in 2010, up 37%.