# Rizzo (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/rizzo/  
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) | 18,605 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,943 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 16,595 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.9% (18,445 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Old Italian and Neapolitan Rizzo and/or front Sicilian Rizzu.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Rizzo 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 5.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Rizzo in the United States, Brazil, Argentina and Australia.

## People named Rizzo

- Anthony Rizzo, American professional baseball player (born 1989)
- Marc Rizzo, American guitarist
- Pedro Rizzo, Brazilian mixed martial artist
- Frank Rizzo, American mayor (1920-1991)
- Tatiana Soledad Rizzo, Argentinian volleyball player
- Gary Rizzo, American sound engineer
- Nick Rizzo, Australian soccer player
- Mother Angelica, American religious sister (1923-2016)

## Similar surnames

Rizo, Rizzi, Riaz, Riso, Rico, Rizk, Reyes, Ruiz, Ross, Rose, Rice, Rios.

## 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.