Riva is an Italian surname.
Geographical distribution As of 2014, 57.8% of all known bearers of the surname Riva were residents of Italy (frequency 1:1,405), 7.1% of India (1:143,430), 5.3% of Brazil (1:51,231), 5.3% of Argentina (1:10,805), 4.5% of the Philippines (1:29,793), 4.1% of Bangladesh (1:52,025), 2.7% of the United States (1:174,602), 2.6% of Peru (1:16,250), 1.9% of France (1:47,539) and 1.5% of Switzerland (1:7,358).
In Italy, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,405) only in one region: Lombardy (1:281)Riva surname distribution
People Aldo Riva (1923–?), Italian football player Antonello Riva (born 1962), Italian basketball player Antonio Riva (pilot) (1896–1951), Italian World War I flying ace Carlo Riva (1922–2017), Italian motorboat designer and builder Celso Riva (born c. 1974), Italian video game designer César Humberto Chávez Riva Gálvez (born 1964), Peruvian footballer Diana-Maria Riva (born 1969), American actress Douglas Riva, American classical pianist Eddy Riva (born 1973), French race walker Emmanuelle Riva (1927–2017), French actress Ferdinando Riva (1930–2014), Swiss footballer Fernanda Riva (1920–1956), Catholic nun Fil Bo Riva (born 1992 or 1993), Italian musician Gigi Riva (1944–2024), Italian striker Giulia Riva (born 1992), Italian sprinter Giuseppe Riva (1834–1916), Italian lawyer and painter Isabella Riva (1887–1985), Italian actress Lorenzo Riva (1938–2023), Italian fashion designer J. Michael Riva (1948–2012), American production designer Janaína Riva (born 1989), Brazilian politician Maggie de la Riva (born 1942), Filipino film actress and rape victim Manuel Riva, Romanian DJ and record producer Maria Riva (1924–2025), German-born American actress Marianne dela Riva (born 1956), Filipino actress Mario Riva (1912–1960), Italian film actor Markus Riva, Latvian singer and producer, pseudonym of Miķelis Ļaksa Oreste Riva (1860–1936), Italian composer Osvaldo Riva (1927–2004), Italian wrestler Pedro Ipuche Riva (1924–1996), Uruguayan composer Pia Riva (born 1935), Italian skier Raphael Riva (died 1611), Italian Catholic bishop Roberto Riva (born 1986), Italian roller skater Ruggero Riva (born 1990), Italian football player Sergio Riva (born 1983), Italian bobsledder Sílvia Riva González (born 1979), Andorran politician and notary
See also Antonio Riva Palacio (1926–2014), Mexican lawyer and politician Mariano Riva Palacio (1803–1880), Mexican politician and lawyer Vicente Riva Palacio (1832–1896), Mexican liberal politician, novelist, and military leader Bonvesin della Riva (1240–1313), a well-to-do Milanese lay member of the Ordine degli Umiliati Peter Dalla Riva (born 1946), Canadian former football player Richard Dalla-Riva (born 1963), Australian politician Renato De Riva (1937–1983), Italian speed skater Scipione Riva-Rocci (1863–1937), Italian internist, pathologist and pediatrician Riba (surname) Ripa (surname) Rio (disambiguation) Ríos (disambiguation)
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