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The Rivas surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 76,205 people carried this name — #426 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 3,870 people counted. That is up 40% from 54,588 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 41,632 people named Rivas 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.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 16,021
City of Buenos Aires 3,748
Mendoza 3,412
Misiones 2,906
Santa Fe 1,936
Río Negro 1,648
Tucumán 1,442
Córdoba 1,363

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

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 491 people named Rivas.

201 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 45 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 201
Hauts-de-Seine 43
Bouches-du-Rhône 35
Gard 23
Rhône 22
Hautes-Alpes 20
Vaucluse 12
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence 11
Var 10

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

387 people named Rivas live in Switzerland.

They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Vaud 89
Zurich 82
Geneva 62
Bern 40
Basel-Landschaft 27
Valais 15
St. Gallen 15
Basel-Stadt 14

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.

In the Nordic population registers

79 people named Rivas is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 79

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Rivas in American newspapers,
1856–1931.

Newspaper page from The Morning Comet carrying the name Rivas
The Morning Comet 1856-05-10
Newspaper page from The Savannah Morning News carrying the name Rivas
The Savannah Morning News 1904-12-11
Newspaper page from Woman'S Enterprise carrying the name Rivas
Woman'S Enterprise 1922-10-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 76,557 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Rivas,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ignacio Rivas
    Ignacio Rivas 1827–1880 · military personnel
  • Francisco Rivas Moreno
    Francisco Rivas Moreno 1851–1935 · writer
  • José María Rivas Groot
    José María Rivas Groot 1863–1923 · writer
  • Santiago Rivas
    Santiago Rivas 1866–1924 · writer
  • Lupe Rivas Cacho
    Lupe Rivas Cacho 1899–1975 · comedian

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 255 lives in all are documented under this name.

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