The Larive surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 332 people carried this name — #60,636 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted. That is up 7% from 311 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 533 people named Larive.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 47 départements, most often Aisne.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 30 people named Larive live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Luxembourg Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Larive,
with a public archive behind them.
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Léon Larive 1886–1961 · actor -
Hans Larive 1915–1984 · writer
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Bernadette Larive 1947– · politician
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Michel Larive 1966– · politician
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Romain M Larive 1980– · researcher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Larive.
- Lardy 274 · U.S. census
- Laredo 975 · U.S. census
- Large 6,859 · U.S. census
- Larger 313 · U.S. census
- Lari 282 · U.S. census
- Lario 186 · U.S. census
- Lariviere 2,578 · U.S. census
- Laroche 5,618 · U.S. census
- Larochelle 2,558 · U.S. census
- Laronde 217 · U.S. census
- Laroque 830 · U.S. census
- Larosa 6,808 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Larive is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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