Riva (surname)

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)

People

• Aldo Riva (1923–?), Italian professional football player
• Antonello Riva (born 1962), Italian former 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 independent video game designer
• César Humberto Chávez Riva Gálvez (born 1964), former Peruvian international 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 retired footballer
• Fernanda Riva (1920–1956), Roman Catholic Nun of Canossian Daughter of Charity congregation
• Fil Bo Riva (born 1992 or 1993), Italian musician
• Gea Riva (born 1985), Italian actress
• Gigi Riva (1944–2024), Italian former 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
• Maggie de la Riva (born 1942), Filipino film actress and rape victim
• Manuel Riva, Romanian DJ and record producer
• Maria Riva (born 1924), German-born American actress, daughter of Marlene Dietrich
• Maria Luisa Riva (born 1978), Italian ski mountaineer
• 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 of classical music
• Peter Riva (born 1950), American literary agent and producer
• Pia Riva (born 1935), Italian skier
• Raphael Riva, or Raphael Ripa (died 1611), Italian Roman Catholic Bishop of Chioggia and Bishop of Korčula
• Roberto Riva (born 1986), Italian artistic roller skater and ten-time world champion
• Ruggero Riva (born 1990), Italian professional 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 <!- according to his article, his last name is Riva Palacio !-->
• 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