How common is the surname Rivet?

1,949 people in the United States had the surname Rivet in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 158,412 Americans. It ranked 15,127th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rivet?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Rivet identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Rivet?

Kristen McDonald Rivet, American politician.

Where is the surname Rivet most common?

Wikidata records people named Rivet in the United States.

Is the surname Rivet getting more or less common?

More common. 1,829 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,949 in 2010, up 6.6%.

The surname Rivet

A French surname, carried by 1,949 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R130

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rivet is more common than 90.7% of them.

Origin

French origin

Borrowed from French Rivet.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,949 people named Rivet in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 158,412 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,829.

#15,127

rank among US surnames

1,949

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+6.6%

change since 2000 (was #14,857)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,120	Fuhrmann	1,951	158,250
#15,124	Wipf	1,950	158,331
#15,127	Parman	1,949	158,412

Who is named Rivet

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

92% of people named Rivet identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rivets

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kristen McDonald Rivet
American politician, born 1970

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Rivest

Surnames that sound like Rivet

Rivett

Rivet has the Soundex code R130, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R130.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Rivet come from?: Borrowed from French Rivet.
How common is the surname Rivet?: 1,949 people in the United States had the surname Rivet in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 158,412 Americans. It ranked 15,127th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rivet?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Rivet identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Rivet?: Kristen McDonald Rivet, American politician.
Where is the surname Rivet most common?: Wikidata records people named Rivet in the United States.
Is the surname Rivet getting more or less common?: More common. 1,829 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,949 in 2010, up 6.6%.
What are other spellings of Rivet?: Rivest.