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    The surname Rizo

    A surname, carried by 6,266 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R200

    Rizo: #5,547 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rizo #5,547, 6,266 people Rizo: #5,547 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rizo #5,547, 6,266 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rizo is more common than 96.6% of them.

    Origin

    From Rizzo.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,266 people named Rizo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 49,273 Americans. That is up 43% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,395.

    #5,547
    rank among US surnames
    6,266
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +42.6%
    change since 2000 (was #7,030)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,542McCants6,27049,242
    #5,543Milan6,26849,257
    #5,545Doucet6,26749,265
    #5,547Barham6,26649,273

    Who is named Rizo

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

    94% of people named Rizo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.3% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    • Two or more races 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rizo

    Rizo 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 Rizo come from?
    From Rizzo.
    How common is the surname Rizo?
    6,266 people in the United States had the surname Rizo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,273 Americans. It ranked 5,547th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rizo?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Rizo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.3% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Rizo getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,395 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,266 in 2010, up 43%.