The Ribeiro surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,712 people carried this name — #5,206 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 43,900 people counted. That is up 37% from 4,905 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Ribeiro surname
From ribeiro (“stream”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Ribeiro» (Portuguese), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
5,693 people named Ribeiro live in Switzerland.
They live in 25 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 3,388 people named Ribeiro 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 Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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 1,550 people named Ribeiro.
Most of them — 941 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 83 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 50 people named Ribeiro live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
59 people named Ribeiro 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).
In print
Ribeiro in American newspapers,
1904–1961.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 787 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Ribeiro,
with a public archive behind them.
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Agostinho Ribeiro, bispo de Angra e Lamego 1483–1549 · Catholic priest -
António Ribeiro Chiado 1520–1591 · writer -
Agostinho Ribeiro, bispo de Angra, Ceuta e Tânger 1564–1621 · Catholic priest -
António Nunes Ribeiro Sanches 1699–1783 · physician -
Duarte da Ponte Ribeiro 1795–1878 · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 182 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ribeiro.
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