La Rivera Surname

1,755,741st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 109 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Chile
Highest density in:
Chile

La Rivera Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

La Rivera Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Chile951:185,4375,992
Argentina91:4,749,268159,873
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

La Rivera Last Name Facts

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

La Rivera is held by more people in Chile than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of La Rivera.

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

The surname is the 1,755,741st most frequently used surname globally, held by around 1 in 66,858,219 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 98 percent of La Rivera live; 97 percent live in South America and 95 percent live in Hispanic Southern America.

La Rivera is most frequently used in Chile, where it is held by 95 people, or 1 in 185,437. In Chile La Rivera is mostly concentrated in: Santiago Metropolitan Region, where 58 percent are found, Los Lagos Region, where 19 percent are found and Valparaíso Region, where 19 percent are found. Beside Chile La Rivera occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 8 percent are found and Colombia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
La Riviera958/
La Ribera892/
La Rivere891/
La Riviere84273/
Le Riviera841/
La Rivierre801/
La Rivire788/
La-Riviere747/
lo Ribeiro636/
Le Ribeiro632/

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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 Rivera
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