Cognome

Riva

The strongest concentration of Riva in US arrival records points to Piemonte, with 29 of 83 arrivals (35 percent) originating there.

83

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

50

Comuni of
origin

15

Regioni
represented

74

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 83
Abruzzo: 1 arrivalsPuglia: 1 arrivalsBasilicata: 2 arrivalsCalabria: 2 arrivalsCampania: 10 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 1 arrivalsFriuli-Venezia Giulia: 4 arrivalsLazio: 4 arrivalsLiguria: 2 arrivalsLombardia: 16 arrivalsMarche: 1 arrivalsMolise: 2 arrivalsPiemonte: 29 arrivalsSicilia: 5 arrivalsVeneto: 3 arrivals

Top regione

Piemonte

29 of 83
35 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 1
1 to 3
3 to 9
9+

Persone notevoli

Notable Riva on Wikipedia

Varianti grafiche

Spelling variants worth checking

  • The spelling you know may not be the one in the records. For example, a family remembers Mansini, but the records read Mancini.
  • If your spelling does not appear, a close variant in the list below may be the same family.

Related guide

Myths About Name Changes at Ellis Island

Names were never changed at the border. The spelling here is the original Italian: Giovinelli in the records, perhaps Jovanelli in the family today.

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De riva

1 US arrivals

Riva roe

1 US arrivals

Rivat

1 US arrivals

Rivara

13 US arrivals

Rivaro

5 US arrivals

Rivani

2 US arrivals

Rivano

1 US arrivals

Rivasi

1 US arrivals

Variants are surfaced from the surname index, not from per-name research. None of these is guaranteed to be the same family as Riva.

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

Each row is a comune (municipality) where at least one passenger named Riva was recorded between 1830 and 1912.

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