La Riva Surname

374,643rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 956 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Venezuela
Highest density in:
Venezuela

La Riva Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

La Riva Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Venezuela4541:66,5292,914
Peru3201:99,3256,363
United States1411:2,570,631155,955
Australia201:1,349,78570,688
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
France11:66,422,722504,397
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

La Riva Last Name Facts

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

The last name La Riva is more commonly found in Venezuela than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name La Riva? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 374,643rd most common family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 7,622,956 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 97 percent of La Riva live; 81 percent live in South America and 47 percent live in Caribbean South America.

The surname La Riva is most commonly held in Venezuela, where it is carried by 454 people, or 1 in 66,529. In Venezuela La Riva is most frequent in: Miranda, where 38 percent reside, Portuguesa, where 20 percent reside and Capital District, where 8 percent reside. Beside Venezuela this surname occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in Peru, where 33 percent reside and The United States, where 15 percent reside.

La Riva Last Name Statistics demography

The amount La Riva earn in different countries varies notably. In Peru they earn 1.79% more than the national average, earning S/. 19,732 per year and in United States they earn 17.79% less than the national average, earning $35,472 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
La Rivas936/
La Rivi8639/
La Rive8616/
La Riba865/
La-Riva862/
La Rriba801/
Le Rive719/
Le Ribaut632/
Le Ribault5940/
Le Reve571/
Le Ribot534/
Le Reeves501/

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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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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to La Riva
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