Last Name RIVERS

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Meaning	Local: De Rivers, probably a Norman local surname, representing a family of importance. Also, 'at the river.'

Origin	English, Spanish, French, Irish, Belgian

Rank	879 (2000 US census)	701 (1990 US census)

Count	35,980 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

42.48%, or 15284 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
50.21%, or 18066 total occurrences, as black,
0.54%, or 194 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.98%, or 712 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2.26%, or 813 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.53%, or 910 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

How does one estimate/guess that number? The first source that comes to mind is the result of the latest available census. We know that 2000 year census presents us with a little over 150,000 unique surnames. The least po...

Longest last names

The 2000 USA census contains more than 150,000 surnames. The longest surnames contain 15 characters each. There are 23 names like that. There could be more of those last names in reality. Firstly because it has been 10+ years since the survey and we could have gotten...

Belarus middle names

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