Explore the Family Name Larriva

The meaning of Larriva

Hispanic: altered form of Spanish Larriba, a topographic name for someone who lived on the bank of a river or the shore of a lake, from la riba ‘the bank, the shore’.

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How common is the last name Larriva in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Larriva has seen a slight increase in popularity over the years. In 2000, it was ranked as the 72,717th most popular surname and by 2010, it had risen to the 72,332nd position, marking an increase of about 0.53 percent. The count of people with this last name also increased from 249 in 2000 to 269 in 2010, showing an 8.03 percent growth. However, the proportion of people with this surname per 100,000 remained consistent at 0.09.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#72,717	#72,332	0.53%
Count	249	269	8.03%
Proportion per 100k	0.09	0.09	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Larriva

The ethnicity data from the same Decennial U.S. Census shows that there were no significant changes in the ethnic identities associated with the surname Larriva between 2000 and 2010 for Asian/Pacific Islander, Two or more races, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native categories, as these values remained at zero. However, there was a notable shift within the White and Hispanic categories. The proportion of people identified as White decreased substantially from 21.29 percent in 2000 to 11.52 percent in 2010, marking a decline of 45.89 percent. On the other hand, the percentage of individuals identifying as Hispanic saw an increase from 77.11 percent in 2000 to 87.73 percent in 2010, a rise of 13.77 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Hispanic	77.11%	87.73%	13.77%
White	21.29%	11.52%	-45.89%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%