# Risso (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/risso/  
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 | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 546 |
| US rank (2010) | 40,144 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 565,468 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.0% (557 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Risso; this surname is also well-attested in South America.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Risso 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) | 77% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 17% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 4.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Risso in Argentina and Italy.

## People named Risso

- Eduardo Risso, Argentine artist
- Roberto Risso, actor (1925-2010)

## Similar surnames

Rios, Russo, Ries, Reiss, Rizo, Rosso, Riess, Rossow, Riso, Rico, Risk, Rish.

## 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.