Rivest

English

Etymology

North-American variant of French Rivet.

Proper noun

Rivest (plural Rivests)

1. A surname from French.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Rivest is the 41799^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 520 individuals. Rivest is most common among White (95.38%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rivest”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.