# Rios (surname)

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

A surname from Spanish. An Anglicisation of a Spanish habitational surname from Riós in Galicia

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 127,794 |
| US rank (2010) | 237 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 2,416 people |
| Change since 2000 | +32% (96,569 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Rios 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) | 5.0% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 94% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 0.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Rios in the United States, Argentina and Brazil.

## People named Rios

- Emily Rios, American actress
- Ann Marie Rios, American pornographic actress & director
- Rocco Ríos Novo, American-Argentine soccer player
- Andrés Ríos, Argentine footballer
- Cassandra Rios, Brazilian writer
- Alex Ríos, American former professional baseball player
- Mariana Rios, Brazilian recording artist, actress
- Big Pun, American rapper (1971–2000)

## Similar surnames

Ross, Rose, Rosa, Reis, Ries, Rizo, Roos, Ros, Riess, Ruis, Riese, Riso.

## 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.