The Riera surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,604 people carried this name — #17,541 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 185,200 people counted. That is up 47% from 1,092 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 4,742 people named Riera 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 892 people named Riera.
414 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 54 départements, most often Pyrénées-Orientales.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
74 people named Riera live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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.
Who carried it
People named Riera,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joaquim Riera i Bertran 1848–1924 · writer -
Pablo Riera y Sans 1857–1914 · lawyer -
Rafael Riera 1528–1582 · teacher
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Antoni Joan Riera i Pascual 1578–1638 · sculptor
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Joan Riera 1579–1633 · religious
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Climent Riera 1658–1682 · deacon
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Riera.
- Riegler 1,039 · U.S. census
- Riehl 3,852 · U.S. census
- Riehm 614 · U.S. census
- Riel 2,125 · U.S. census
- Riem 153 · U.S. census
- Riemer 3,039 · U.S. census
- Ries 7,258 · U.S. census
- Riess 1,908 · U.S. census
- Riester 748 · U.S. census
- Riesterer 586 · U.S. census
- Rieth 1,578 · U.S. census
- Riether 128 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Riera is.
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