The Ribbe surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 187 people carried this name — #97,210 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is up 9% from 172 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 94 people named Ribbe.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Puy-de-Dôme.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
22 people named Ribbe is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Ribbe,
with a public archive behind them.
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Heinrich Ribbe 1832–1898 · zoologist
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Carl Ribbe 1860–1934 · entomologist
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Paul H. Ribbe 1935–2017 · university teacher
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Wolfgang Ribbe 1940–2021 · historian
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Claude Ribbe 1954– · writer
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Jens Ribbe 1977– · physicist
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ribbe.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Ribbe is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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