How common is the surname Rives?

3,544 people in the United States had the surname Rives in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,118 Americans. It ranked 9,203rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rives?

In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Rives identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Rives?

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

Where is the surname Rives most common?

Wikidata records people named Rives in the United States.

Is the surname Rives getting more or less common?

More common. 3,258 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,544 in 2010, up 8.8%.

The surname Rives

A surname, carried by 3,544 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex R120

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rives is more common than 94.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,544 people named Rives in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 87,118 Americans. That is up 8.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,258.

#9,203

rank among US surnames

3,544

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+8.8%

change since 2000 (was #9,209)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,195	Samano	3,547	87,044
#9,199	Schumaker	3,545	87,093
#9,203	Wagers	3,544	87,118
#9,208	Demaio	3,542	87,167
#9,209	Stutts	3,541	87,192
#9,210	Bankhead	3,540	87,216
#9,211	Lamontagne	3,539	87,241

Who is named Rives

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

73% of people named Rives identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 73%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 15%
Black (not Hispanic) 10%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rivess

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

William Cabell Rives
American politician (1793–1868)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rives

Rivas

Rives has the Soundex code R120, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R120.

Questions

How common is the surname Rives?: 3,544 people in the United States had the surname Rives in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,118 Americans. It ranked 9,203rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rives?: In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Rives identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Rives?: William Cabell Rives, American politician (1793–1868).
Where is the surname Rives most common?: Wikidata records people named Rives in the United States.
Is the surname Rives getting more or less common?: More common. 3,258 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,544 in 2010, up 8.8%.