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    The surname Riso

    A surname, carried by 753 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R200

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Riso is more common than 81% of them.

    Origin

    * As an Italian surname, from a personal name said to be of Germanic origin, Oderisio. * As an Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish surname, from riso (“laughter”).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 753 people named Riso in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 410,021 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 747.

    #30,889
    rank among US surnames
    753
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.8%
    change since 2000 (was #29,728)

    Who is named Riso

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    78% of people named Riso identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 78%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 20%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Riso

    Riso has the Soundex code R200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R200.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Riso come from?
    * As an Italian surname, from a personal name said to be of Germanic origin, Oderisio. * As an Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish surname, from riso (“laughter”).
    How common is the surname Riso?
    753 people in the United States had the surname Riso in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 410,021 Americans. It ranked 30,889th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Riso?
    In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Riso identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Riso getting more or less common?
    More common. 747 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 753 in 2010, up 0.8%.