Last Name RIVAS

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Not available

Origin	Spanish, Chilean, South african

Rank	553 (2000 US census)	743 (1990 US census)

Count	54,588 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

5.82%, or 3177 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
0.61%, or 333 total occurrences, as black,
0.4%, or 218 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.33%, or 180 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
0.4%, or 218 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
92.43%, or 50456 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

Census 2000: how many distinct surnames are there?

Even after applying various edits and acceptance criteria to the names, there are a sizable number of unique names in the population. Over 6 million last names were identified. Many of these names were either unique (occurred once)...

Longest baby names

The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte

Russian middle names

As with many things that are 'Russian,' neither child nor his parents has much choice in picking the name. It is purely patronymic and generally predefined at the time when the child is born or even rather conceived. The name is derived from the child's father's first...