Rivero History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Spain

The distinguished surname Rivero is a proud sign of a rich and ancient ancestry. The name was originally derived from the Castilian word "rivera," which means "riverbank." Thus it is quite probable that the first families to take on Rivero as a surname lived near the banks of a river.

Early Origins of the Rivero family

The surname Rivero was first found in Castile, the kingdom that led the Reconquest of the peninsula from the Muslims, in medieval times.

Early History of the Rivero family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Rivero research. Another 110 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1520, 1532, 1537, 1558, 1588, 1591, 1611, 1652, 1666, 1725, 1765, 1774, 1777, 1779, 1781, 1784, 1830, 1833, 1836, 1854 and 1860 are included under the topic Early Rivero History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Rivero Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Rivera, Ribera, Ribeira, Rivero, Ribero, Ribeiro and others.

Early Notables of the Rivero family

Prominent among members of the family

were Ruy Páez de Ribera, a 15th century lyric poet; Suero de Ribera, a contemporary of Ruy and also a poet; Diego de Rivera, one of the noblemen asked by Princess (later Queen) Isabella to announce to...

Rivero Ranking

In the United States, the name Rivero is the 4,920^th most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 1 However, in South America, the name Rivero is ranked the 80^th most popular surname with an estimated 59 people with that name. 2

Rivero migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Rivero Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Andrew Rivero, aged 38, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1826 3
Cayetano Rivero, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1835 3
Antonio Rivero, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1840 3
Jose Candido Rivero, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1860 3
Justo Rivero, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1860 3
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Contemporary Notables of the name Rivero (post 1700) +

Marilyn E. Rivero, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Vermont, 1996 4
Horacio Rivero (1910-2000), American politician, U.S. Ambassador to Spain, 1972-74 4
Juan A. Rivero Quintero (1923-2014), American Puerto Rican biologist, founder of the Dr. Juan A. Rivero Zoo
Enrique "Quique" Rivero Pérez (b. 1992), Spanish footballer
José Rivero (b. 1955), Spanish PGA golfer
Claudio Domingo Rivero Rodríguez (b. 1985), Uruguayan footballer
Diego Alejandro Rivero (b. 1981), Argentine football midfielder
Martín Horacio Rivero (b. 1989), Argentine footballer
Claudia Rivero Modenesi (b. 1986), Peruvian three-time gold and four-time bronze medalist badminton player
Raúl Rivero Castañeda (1945-2021), Cuban poet, journalist, and dissident, born in 1945 in Morón, Camagüey

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
"List of most common surnames in South America." Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_common_surnames_in_South_America
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 30) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html