# Recchia (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/recchia/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Italian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,248 |
| US rank (2010) | 21,057 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 247,392 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.7% (1,282 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the Italian surname, from orecchia (“ear”) (possibly a nickname).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Recchia in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Similar surnames

Reich, Recio, Resch, Rech, Reach, Reyes, Ruiz, Ross, Rose, Rice, Rios, Reese.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.