The Riviere surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,135 people carried this name — #22,618 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 263,200 people counted. That is up 24% from 916 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 16,593 people named Riviere.
333 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 104 départements, most often La Réunion.
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 436 people named Riviere 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 389 people named Riviere 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 Hainaut.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
108 people named Riviere live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Riviere.
- 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
- Riviera 1,277 · U.S. census
- Rivoire 155 · U.S. census
- Rix 2,391 · U.S. census
- Rizo 6,266 · U.S. census
- Rizza 959 · U.S. census
- Rizzi 2,801 · U.S. census
- Rizzo 18,605 · U.S. census
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