# Shriver (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/shriver/  
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) | 5,942 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,817 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 51,960 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.5% (5,798 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

An anglicization of German Schreiber, originally designating a clerk or a writer.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Shriver 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Shriver in the United States.

## People named Shriver

- Pam Shriver, American tennis player
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver, American philanthropist; founder of the Special Olympics; sister of John F. Kennedy (1921–
- Sargent Shriver, American diplomat, politician and activist (1915–2011)
- Loren Shriver, American astronaut
- Lionel Shriver, American writer
- Bobby Shriver, American activist and attorney

## Similar surnames

Sarver, Schriver, Sharper, Schreiber, Scarborough, Scarbrough, Surber, Scarberry, Surprenant, Sherburne, Scarboro.

## 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.