Last Name RIVER

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Local: At the river, from residence on its bank. The name might be extinct now. Probably it has taken an 's' to it, like Brooks, and is lost in Rivers.
Origin English, Spanish, French, Irish

Rank 28,256 (2000 US census) 15,371 (1990 US census)
Count 797 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 49.31%, or 393 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 20.08%, or 160 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.88%, or 15 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 26.73%, or 213 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Ukrainian middle names

 Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

English surnames

 English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

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

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