Rívero

surname · Latin script

Rívero is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Venezuela than in any other country, where it is the 41st most common surname. Recorded meaning: on a patch of raised land beside a river, Sp. ribero (LL riparium, a deriv. of ripa; see Rive). Cogns.: Cat.: Ribe. Port.: Ribeiro (‘creek’, ‘brook’). Fr.: Rivier, Derivier.

rarermore common
  • UYUruguay1 in 93(measured from records)
  • VEVenezuela≈1 in 250
  • ARArgentina1 in 497

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Venezuela (inferred from the name graph)

≈110,000 people, est.

#827 (measured from records)

of 19M surnames

Sources
364 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 93 (inferred from the name graph)

Uruguay

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Rivero in AR Argentina, VE Venezuela, ES Spain and 2 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

on a patch of raised land beside a river, Sp. ribero (LL riparium, a deriv. of ripa; see Rive). Cogns.: Cat.: Ribe. Port.: Ribeiro (‘creek’, ‘brook’). Fr.: Rivier, Derivier.

Sources 5

  • A dictionary of surnames
  • The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
  • Wiktionary
  • Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
  • Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Rívero counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Rívero is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
VE Venezuela#41≈110,000 est.≈1 in 250797Rivero100
AR Argentina#6091,4711 in 49791KRivero138
UY Uruguay#1736,5621 in 9337KRivero93
ES Spain#14332,6691 in 1.5K33KRivero183
BO Bolivia#529≈27,000 est.≈1 in 429—Rivero77

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); asosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Rívero is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Spain, Australia

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Rivero, Řívéŕó, Rîvêrô, Rivéro

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Rívero under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Rívero mean, and where does it come from?
on a patch of raised land beside a river, Sp. ribero (LL riparium, a deriv. of ripa; see Rive). Cogns.: Cat.: Ribe. Port.: Ribeiro (‘creek’, ‘brook’). Fr.: Rivier, Derivier. Recorded by A dictionary of surnames and The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles and 3 other sources.
In which country does Rívero have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 114 thousand people named Rívero in Venezuela, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rivero.
Where is Rívero most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Rívero is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 93 people — even though Venezuela holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Rívero?
In Argentina, the national register counted 91,471 people named Rívero, about 1 in 497 residents.
How common is Rívero compared with other names?
In Venezuela, Rívero is the 41st most common surname of 83,461 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Rívero” — the 41st most common surname in Venezuela. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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