The Acquaviva surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 837 people carried this name — #28,498 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 357,100 people counted. That is up 5% from 796 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Acquaviva surname
From Italian ("living water"), acqua (“water”) + viva (“living, alive”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Acquaviva» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 729 people named Acquaviva.
102 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 35 départements, most often Corsica.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 105 people named Acquaviva live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
46 people named Acquaviva live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Acquaviva,
with a public archive behind them.
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Antonio I Acquaviva d. 1395 · politician
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Rinaldo Acquaviva d. 1264 · Catholic bishop
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Giuseppe Acquaviva d. 1634 · Catholic bishop
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Ugolino Acquaviva d. 1269 · Catholic bishop
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Andrea Matteo Acquaviva d'Aragona, Principe di Caserta, Marchese di Bellante d. 1647
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Anne Acquaviva d. 1593
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Acquaviva.
- Achille 719 · U.S. census
- Achilli 133 · U.S. census
- Achin 211 · U.S. census
- Acker 10,519 · U.S. census
- Ackermann 2,499 · U.S. census
- Acosta 103,418 · U.S. census
- Acquistapace 237 · U.S. census
- Actis 189 · U.S. census
- Ada 526 · U.S. census
- Adam 13,574 · U.S. census
- Adamczak 553 · U.S. census
- Adamczyk 2,828 · U.S. census
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