de La Rivière Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Belgium

de La Rivière Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de La Rivière Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France551:1,207,686126,065
Belgium401:287,41633,962
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: de La Riviere (128) & de La Riviére (2) are calculated separately.

de La Rivière Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de La Rivière Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name de La Rivière is held by more people in France than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: de La Riviere or de La Riviére. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de La Rivière? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,871,545th most widespread family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. The last name de La Rivière occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of de La Rivière are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 56 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

The surname is most frequent in France, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 1,207,686. In France it is most common in: Île-de-France, where 73 percent live, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 18 percent live and Brittany, where 5 percent live. Apart from France this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 41 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de La Riviere97128/
de La Riviére972/
de Larivière967/
de La Rivire962/
Delarivière9230/
de Lariviere8814/
de La Rivere883/
Delrivière8745/
Delarivire872/
Delariviere8398/
de Larviere831/
de La Rouviere81125/
de La Rouviére8120/
de La Rivera80484/
de La Rovere8011/
de La Rivero801/
Delarriviere800/
Delriviere7852/
Delarivere783/
della Riviera773/
dela Rouviere772/
de La Ruwiere771/
dela Rovere7545/
del Riveiro759/
dela Rivera752/
Deliriviere751/
de La Rouvieré743/
de Le Rouviere741/
del River733/
della Rovere72956/
de Larrovere722/
del Rivero701,275/
del Rovere7041/
Delarivera7013/
Delarovere7011/
del Rivera704/
del Rovira701/
Dellarovere67132/
Delarrovere6740/
de Lira Vieira6713/
de Lara Vieira674/
Dala Rovere673/
de La Herverie673/
de Lyra Vieira672/
Dell Rovere671/
dela Rovery671/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de La Rivière
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