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rivera Name Meaning and History

  1. Spanish: habitational name from any of the places named Rivera, a variant of Ribera.
  2. Italian: northern variant of the southern (especially Sicily) topographic name Ribera.
  3. Catalan: in some cases, variant of Catalan Ribera.

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rivera Family Facts

Distribution of rivera Families in the US in 1920
Number of rivera families
 2242-4482
 748-2241
 1-747
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