How common is the surname Rios?

127,794 people in the United States had the surname Rios in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 2,416 Americans. It ranked 237th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Rios?

Emily Rios, American actress, followed by Ann Marie Rios.

Where is the surname Rios most common?

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

Is the surname Rios getting more or less common?

More common. 96,569 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 127,794 in 2010, up 32%.

The surname Rios

A Spanish place surname, carried by 127,794 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rios is more common than 99.9% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

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

Rios is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 127,794 people named Rios in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 2,416 Americans. That is up 32% since 2000, when the Census counted 96,569.

#237

rank among US surnames

127,794

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+32.3%

change since 2000 (was #285)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#228	Richards	130,529	2,365
#229	Contreras	130,164	2,372
#230	Willis	130,152	2,372
#231	Carpenter	129,898	2,377
#232	Lawrence	129,699	2,380
#233	Sandoval	128,948	2,394
#234	Guerrero	128,677	2,399

Who is named Rios

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

94% of people named Rios identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.0% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
White (not Hispanic) 5.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Two or more races 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Rioss

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Emily Rios
American actress, born 1989
Ann Marie Rios
American pornographic actress & director, born 1981
Rocco Ríos Novo
American-Argentine soccer player, born 2002
Andrés Ríos
Argentine footballer, born 1989
Cassandra Rios
Brazilian writer, 1932–2002
Alex Ríos
American former professional baseball player, born 1981
Mariana Rios
Brazilian recording artist, actress, born 1985
Big Pun
American rapper (1971–2000)

Notable Rioss come mostly from the United States (4), Argentina (2) and Brazil (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rios

Rios has the Soundex code R200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R200.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Rios come from?: Rios is Spanish in origin.
How common is the surname Rios?: 127,794 people in the United States had the surname Rios in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 2,416 Americans. It ranked 237th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rios?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Rios identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.0% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Rios?: Emily Rios, American actress, followed by Ann Marie Rios.
Where is the surname Rios most common?: Wikidata records people named Rios in the United States, Argentina and Brazil.
What type of surname is Rios?: Rios is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Rios getting more or less common?: More common. 96,569 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 127,794 in 2010, up 32%.