The surname Rivett
A French occupational surname, carried by 403 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex R130
Origin
French origin
Metonymic occupational surname for a maker or seller of rivets, from Old French rivet (“rivet, fastener”).
Rivett is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.
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 403 people named Rivett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 766,118 Americans. That is down 37% since 2000, when the Census counted 642.
Who is named Rivett
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
93% of people named Rivett identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 1.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- White (not Hispanic) 93%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 2.7%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
- Two or more races 1.2%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Rivett
Rivett has the Soundex code R130, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R130.
Other French surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Rivett come from?
- Metonymic occupational surname for a maker or seller of rivets, from Old French rivet (“rivet, fastener”).
- How common is the surname Rivett?
- 403 people in the United States had the surname Rivett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 766,118 Americans. It ranked 51,610th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Rivett?
- In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Rivett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
- What type of surname is Rivett?
- Rivett is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
- Is the surname Rivett getting more or less common?
- Less common. 642 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 403 in 2010, down 37%.