Surname Checker / Rivers
How Common Is the Last Name Rivers?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Rivers today
42,807
Ranked #897 of 162,254 published surnames · 13.11 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 38,662 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
40.47%
Black
50.93%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.61%
Hispanic
3.4%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.