How common is the last name Rivers?

37,733 people in the United States have the last name Rivers, about 1 in 7,921. It ranks #912 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

RIVERS

#912

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
37,733
About
1 in 7,921
This common or more
38.7%
Who bears it

Of the 37,733 people with the last name Rivers, 48.1% reported their origin as Black, 38.7% as White and 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Rivers

#910 Everett · 37,752#911 Mayer · 37,738#913 Sampson · 37,721#914 Pugh · 37,613

Spelled almost the same

2 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Rivers, most common first.

#24,705 Riveros · 1,054#156,269 Riverso · 98

Also a first name

As a first name, Rivers ranks #8,103 of 53,615, with 1,810 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2021, with 139 births. See Rivers as a first name

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