Rivera Family History
Rivera Name Meaning
Spanish: habitational name from any of the places named Rivera,
a variant of Ribera.Italian: northern variant of the
southern (especially Sicily) topographic name Ribera.Catalan: in some cases, variant of Catalan Ribera.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Rivera
Name Distribution of Rivera Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Rivera families
 5 - 8  2 - 4 |
 1  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Rivera census records
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Rivera Family Origin
Rivera Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Rivera Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Rivera census records
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Military Service by Rivera
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