Riveau Surname
Approximately 186 people bear this surname
Riveau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 162 | 1:410,017 | 60,039 |
| Argentina | 13 | 1:3,287,955 | 132,850 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Riveau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Riveau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Riveau is borne by more people in France than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Riveau? popularity and diffusion
Riveau is the 1,244,200th most frequent family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 39,180,354 people. Riveau is primarily found in Europe, where 87 percent of Riveau are found; 87 percent are found in Western Europe and 87 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
The last name Riveau is most prevalent in France, where it is borne by 162 people, or 1 in 410,017. In France it is primarily found in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 30 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 22 percent are found and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 16 percent are found. Barring France this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 7 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.
Riveau Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Riveau has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Riveau last name expanded 150 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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
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