Rivett Family History
Rivett Name Meaning
English (East Anglia): metonymic occupational name for a
metalworker, from Middle English, Old French rivet ‘small nail
or bolt’ (from Old French river ‘to fix or secure’, of unknown
origin).French: variant of Rivet 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Rivett
Name Distribution of Rivett Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Rivett families
 11 - 20  4 - 10 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Rivett families
|
161 - 319 54 - 160 |
1 - 53 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Rivett families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Rivett Family Origin
Rivett Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Rivett
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Rivett Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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