# Riva (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/riva/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,271 |
| US rank (2010) | 20,780 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 242,915 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.8% (1,190 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Italian, Catalan, and Spanish surname for someone who lives near a shore, from riva (“shore”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Riva in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 74% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 23% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Riva in the United States.

## People named Riva

- Maria Riva, American actress (1924–2025)

## Similar surnames

Rubio, Ruff, Rapp, Robb, Rupp, Roby, Ruby, Rife, Reeve, Raab, Robey, Roof.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.