The Rivero surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,096 people carried this name — #3,254 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 26,600 people counted. That is up 39% from 8,001 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 91,471 people named Rivero 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 mapWhere 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
207 people named Rivero live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 166 people named Rivero.
71 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Seine-Saint-Denis.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
28 people named Rivero is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
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
Rivero in American newspapers,
1916–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,900 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Rivero,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ramón Rivero de Aguilar d. 1957 · politician -
Felipe Rivero 1797–1873 · military personnel -
Ricardo del Rivero 1801–1937 · photographer -
Nicolás María Rivero 1814–1878 · politician -
Nicolás María Rivero 1815–1878 · politician
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Juan Rivero 1681–1736 · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rivero.
- Riva 1,271 · U.S. census
- Rival 199 · U.S. census
- Rivard 5,530 · U.S. census
- Rivas 76,205 · U.S. census
- Rivera 391,114 · U.S. census
- Rivere 571 · U.S. census
- Riveron 749 · U.S. census
- Rives 3,544 · U.S. census
- Rivet 1,949 · U.S. census
- Rivette 718 · U.S. census
- Rivetti 219 · U.S. census
- Rivieccio 213 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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