Rivett Family History
Rivett Name Meaning
English (East Anglia): metonymic occupational name for a
metalworker, from Middle English, Old French rivet ‘small nail
or bolt’ (from Old French river ‘to fix or secure’, of unknown
origin).French: variant of Rivet 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
69,014
Historical Documents & Family Trees with Rivett
Name Distribution of Rivett Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Rivett families
 161 - 319  54 - 160 |
 1 - 53  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Rivett families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Rivett census records
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Rivett Family Origin
Rivett Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Rivett Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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Military Service by Rivett
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