Rival surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Rival surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 199 people carried this name — #92,358 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is up 17% from 170 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,469 people named Rival.

25 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 71 départements, most often Isère.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 25
Isère 281
Loire 201
Morbihan 179
Loire-Atlantique 141
Drôme 67
Rhône 60
Paris 49
Haute-Loire 34

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 96 people named Rival 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

Buenos Aires Province 46
City of Buenos Aires 22
Chubut 16
Santa Cruz 12

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Rival,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Luis Hernan Rival Valdes d. 1986
  • François-Louis Cizeron-Rival 1726–1795 · writer
  • Aufresne 1728–1804 · actor
  • André Rival 1802–1825 · artist
  • Maurice Rival 1920–2016 · politician
  • Ned Rival 1924–1995 · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Rival is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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