Rïbeiro

surname · Latin script

Rïbeiro is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country, where it is the 19th most common surname. Recorded meaning: From Latin rīpārius (“riparian”), from rīpa (“riverbank”). Doublet of the borrowed ripário.

rarermore common
  • PTPortugal≈1 in 113(inferred from the name graph)
  • BRBrazil≈1 in 242
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 1.5K

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.

Brazil (inferred from the name graph)

≈880,000 people, est.

#347 (measured from records)

of 19M surnames

Sources
362 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 113 (inferred from the name graph)

Portugal, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Ribeiro in BR Brazil, PT Portugal, CH Switzerland 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)

Derivation of Rïbeiro: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Rïbeiro
  1. Latinrīpārius“riparian”(measured from records)
  2. Latin rootrīpa“riverbank”(measured from records)

From Latin rīpārius (“riparian”), from rīpa (“riverbank”). Doublet of the borrowed ripário.

Sources 3

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wiktionary
  • Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Rïbeiro 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.

Where Rïbeiro is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil#19≈880,000 est.≈1 in 242531Ribeiro266
PT Portugal#17≈91,000 est.≈1 in 113—Ribeiro223
MZ Mozambique—≈25,000 est.≈1 in 1.2K1—41
FR France—≈22,000 est.≈1 in 3.1K2.6KRibeiro5
AO Angola#32≈20,000 est.≈1 in 1.6K1Ribeiro47
UY Uruguay—7,8351 in 4327.8K—1
CH Switzerland#995,6731 in 1.5K5.7KRibeiro85

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: IBGE — Nomes (census name API); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names; Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names. 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

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Rïbeiro under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Rïbeiro mean, and where does it come from?
From Latin rīpārius (“riparian”), from rīpa (“riverbank”). Doublet of the borrowed ripário. Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and Wiktionary and 1 other source.
In which country does Rïbeiro have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 876 thousand people named Rïbeiro in Brazil, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ribeiro.
How common is the name Rïbeiro?
In Uruguay, the national register counted 7,835 people named Rïbeiro, about 1 in 432 residents.
How common is Rïbeiro compared with other names?
In Brazil, Rïbeiro is the 19th most common surname of 424,864 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, “Rïbeiro” — the 19th most common surname in Brazil. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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