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
 * 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