Riéra
surname · Latin script
Riéra is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Venezuela than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Inherited from Vulgar Latin *rīvāria, from the feminine of Vulgar Latin *rīvārius, from rīvus (“stream, channel”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (“boil, churn”).
- VEVenezuela≈1 in 1.1K(inferred from the name graph)
- ECEcuador1 in 2K
- UYUruguay1 in 2.8K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Venezuela (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 232 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.1K (inferred from the name graph)
≈25,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Venezuela, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Riera in VE Venezuela, ES Spain, AR Argentina and 2 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Vulgar Latin*rīvāria(measured from records)
- Vulgar Latin rootrīvus“stream“stream, channel”(measured from records)
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃reyH-“boil“boil, churn”(measured from records)
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *rīvāria, from the feminine of Vulgar Latin *rīvārius, from rīvus (“stream, channel”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (“boil, churn”).
Sources 2
- Wiktionary
- Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…
Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Riéra counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VE Venezuela | #201 | ≈25,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | — | Riera | 66 |
| ES Spain | #199 | 16,662 | 1 in 3K | 17K | Riera | 189 |
| EC Ecuador | #330 | 8,612 | 1 in 2K | 8.6K | Riera | 50 |
| AR Argentina | #794 | 4,742 | 1 in 9.6K | 4.7K | Riera | 77 |
| FR France | — | ≈2,100 est. | ≈1 in 32K | 262 | — | 3 |
| UY Uruguay | #431 | 1,208 | 1 in 2.8K | 1.2K | Riera | 27 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INEC — civil registry names; INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Riéra mean, and where does it come from?
- Inherited from Vulgar Latin *rīvāria, from the feminine of Vulgar Latin *rīvārius, from rīvus (“stream, channel”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (“boil, churn”). Recorded by Wiktionary and Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,….
- In which country does Riéra have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 25 thousand people named Riéra in Venezuela, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled riera.
- How common is the name Riéra?
- In Spain, the national register counted 16,662 people named Riéra, about 1 in 3.0 thousand residents.
- How common is Riéra compared with other names?
- In Venezuela, Riéra is the 201st most common surname of 83,461 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Riéra” — the 201st most common surname in Venezuela. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.