# Rives (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/rives/  
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) | 3,544 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,203 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 87,118 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.8% (3,258 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Rives 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) | 73% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 10% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 15% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Rives in the United States.

## People named Rives

- William Cabell Rives, American politician (1793–1868)

## Similar surnames

Rivas, Reeves, Reaves, Reavis, Roebuck, Revis, Raposo, Rabago, Rybak, Rapoza, Rybicki, Raposa.

## 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.