Riviers Surname

1,817,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 103 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Riviers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Riviers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa451:1,203,94968,637
Argentina281:1,526,55084,030
United States231:15,759,084542,937
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Riviers Last Name Facts

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

The last name Riviers is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Riviers? popularity and diffusion

The last name Riviers is the 1,817,111th most commonly used last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 70,752,873 people. Riviers is mostly found in The Americas, where 55 percent of Riviers reside; 44 percent reside in Southern Africa and 44 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is held by 45 people, or 1 in 1,203,949. In South Africa it is mostly found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 93 percent reside, Gauteng, where 4 percent reside and Northern Cape, where 2 percent reside. Excluding South Africa this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 27 percent reside and The United States, where 22 percent reside.

Riviers Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Riviers earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 44.09% less than the national average, earning R 132,864 per year and in United States they earn 0.58% less than the national average, earning $42,900 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rivers9259,288/
Rivirs920/
Rijvers86442/
Rievers86251/
Reivers86112/
Reviers8673/
Rhivers867/
Riverse862/
Rivears861/
Ryviers861/
Rrivers861/
Riverss861/
Riverst861/
Rivetrs861/
Riveers860/
Reijvers802/
Revers771,370/
Ribers7770/
Ryvers7759/
Riwers773/
Ruvers771/
Revirs770/
Reuvers712,628/
Reverse71227/
Reevers71222/
Reavers7117/
Raivyherst715/
Reyvers712/
Ruevers712/
Raiwers711/
Ruiwers711/
Rijversová711/
Reversse672/
Reversova632/
Rewers622,254/
Rebers62420/
Ruwers6231/
Rybers621/
Rebours571,853/
Reverce5753/
Rewerst573/
Reveirs571/
Reuuers571/
Rehbers571/
Reebers570/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Riviers
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