Rivet 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 2
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 1
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 3
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 1
London 5
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 2
Northamptonshire 3
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 9
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 3

Wales

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

Rivet Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Rivet family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 6
Farm General Servant 2
Agricultural Labourer 2
Pauper 2
Farmer's Servant In Door 1
Ink Bottler 1
Bricklayer 1
Domestic Servant 1
Dress Maker 1
Servant 1
Shoe Maker 1
Labourer 1
Shoe Closer 1
Boot Riveter 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Rivet

Name Census Frequency
John Rivet 19
Mary Rivet 16
Elizabeth Rivet 9
James Rivet 9
Sarah Rivet 9
William Rivet 6
Ann Rivet 5
Louisa Rivet 5
Robert Rivet 5
Albert Rivet 4
Alice Rivet 4
Hannah Rivet 4
Harriet Rivet 3
Henry Rivet 3
Jane Rivet 3
Maria Rivet 3
Samuel Rivet 3
Thomas Rivet 3
Alicia Rivet 2
Anna Rivet 2
Charles Rivet 2
David Rivet 2
Edward Rivet 2
Ellen Rivet 2
Francis Rivet 2

Rivet Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Rivett 83% 8,474
2 Rivitt 67% 205
3 Rivet 100% 181

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The surname Rivet is the 3rd most popular variant of Rivett.

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