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The Riba surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 346 people carried this name — #58,604 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is down 5% from 363 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 561 people named Riba live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Córdoba.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Córdoba 205
Buenos Aires Province 109
Santa Fe 68
Mendoza 67
Neuquén 56
City of Buenos Aires 28
Tucumán 28

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 233 people named Riba.

57 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 57
Bouches-du-Rhône 20
Gironde 17
Hérault 15
Aude 15
Haute-Garonne 14
Alpes-Maritimes 11
Indre-et-Loire 10
Var 10

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

21 people named Riba live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Neuchâtel.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Neuchâtel 8
Geneva 5
Vaud 4
Valais 4

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

Who carried it

People named Riba,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Magdalena Riba d. 1629
  • Anna Antonie von Thaler 1814–1875 · writer
  • Antonio Riba Garcia 1859–1932 · sculptor
  • Maximilian Riba 1861–1929 · teacher
  • Santiago de Riba i d'Espanya 1880–1936 · lawyer
  • Eugenio Riba 1880– · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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