The surname Riviera
A surname, carried by 1,277 people in the United States.
4 syllables Soundex R160
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,277 people named Riviera in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 241,774 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,248.
#20,709
rank among US surnames
1,277
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+2.3%
change since 2000 (was #19,908)
Who is named Riviera
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
64% of people named Riviera identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 25% as white (not Hispanic) and 7.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 64%
- White (not Hispanic) 25%
- Black (not Hispanic) 7.4%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
- Two or more races 1.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Riviera has the Soundex code R160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R160.
Questions
- How common is the surname Riviera?
- 1,277 people in the United States had the surname Riviera in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 241,774 Americans. It ranked 20,709th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Riviera?
- In the 2010 Census, 64% of people named Riviera identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 25% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Riviera getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,248 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,277 in 2010, up 2.3%.