Riva Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 10
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 10
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Riva Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Riva family

Profession Census Frequency
Clothier 1
House Keeper 1
Police Constable 1
Tailor 1
Chief Cook 1
Able Seaman 1
Joiner 1
Scholar 1
Ship Carpenter 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Riva

Name Census Frequency
William Riva 9
Charles Riva 6
Mary Riva 5
Alfred Riva 4
Frances Riva 4
Harry Riva 4
Henry Riva 4
Arthur Riva 3
Edward Riva 3
Ellin Riva 3
Francis Riva 3
Frederick Riva 3
Harriet Riva 3
John Riva 3
Martha Riva 3
Amelia Riva 2
Betsey Riva 2
Carlo Riva 2
Doris Riva 2
Dorothy Riva 2
Helena Riva 2
Joseph Riva 2
Manuel Riva 2
Matilda Riva 2
Michael Riva 2

Riva Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Reeve 40% 49,821
2 Reave 40% 1,248
3 Rive 75% 715
4 Reve 50% 420
5 Reive 60% 373
6 Rove 50% 352
7 Rave 50% 192
8 Revie 40% 179
9 Riva 100% 143
10 Reev 25% 128

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The surname Riva is the 9th most popular variant of Reeve.

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