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    The surname Ribera

    A surname, carried by 1,771 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex R160

    Ribera: #16,284 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ribera #16,284, 1,771 people Ribera: #16,284 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ribera #16,284, 1,771 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ribera is more common than 90% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,771 people named Ribera in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 174,334 Americans. That is up 23% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,441.

    #16,284
    rank among US surnames
    1,771
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +22.9%
    change since 2000 (was #17,899)

    Who is named Ribera

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

    81% of people named Ribera identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 17% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 81%
    • White (not Hispanic) 17%
    • Two or more races 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ribera

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Ribera?
    1,771 people in the United States had the surname Ribera in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 174,334 Americans. It ranked 16,284th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ribera?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Ribera identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 17% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Ribera getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,441 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,771 in 2010, up 23%.