River Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

River Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the River family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 9
Annuitant 4
School Mistress 3
Laundress 2
Plasterer 2
House Servant 2
Landscape Painter 2
Farmers Daughter 2
Agricultural Labourer 2
Publican 1
Higler 1
Sweeper 1
At Home 1
Clerk 1
Compositor 1
Laborer 1
Plumbs 1
Retired Brazier 1
Wife Of Retired Brazier 1
Farm Labourer 1
Farmers 100 Acres Employing 2 Labourer 1
Farmers Son 1
Farmers Wife 1
Late House Keeper 1
Greenwich Pensioner 1

River Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 River 100% 1,035
2 Reever 67% 749
3 Rover 80% 521
4 Riviere 71% 458
5 Raver 80% 238
6 Rever 80% 206

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The surname River is the most popular version of all its varients

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