Rios

Rios, Ríos or Riós are Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician surnames. The name has numerous origins. In Germany, Italy, France, UK, and the Americas the Ríos surname can also be found in the surname history books[citation needed ]. The name was derived from the Spanish word "Rio," which means "river" (pronounced: Ree-Oess).

The surname Ríos is a sign of ancestry which includes royals and nobles[citation needed ]. Historians believe the Ríos family derived from the Royal House of Asturias and King Liuvigilds Dynasty[citation needed ]. The original bearer of the name Ríos, which is a local surname, once lived, held land, or was born in the region of Northwestern Spain which is today's Galicia and Asturias[citation needed ]. In the Middle Ages, names originally denoted the proprietorship of the village or estate.The Ríos Family originally lived near a river[citation needed ]. As early as the 10th Century, the Ríos family has been involved in political reform, business, military, Christianity, athletics, music, education, science, law, medicine, arts, architecture, literature, technology, inventions, mathematics, engineering and economic investments[citation needed ].

Some of the Ríos spelling variants are: Ríós, Riós, Rios, de Ríos, de los Ríos, de Ríós, de los Ríós, de Rios, de los Rios, Río, Rio, del Ríó, del Río, del Rio.