How common is the surname Rizzo?

18,605 people in the United States had the surname Rizzo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,595 Americans. It ranked 1,943rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rizzo?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Rizzo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Rizzo?

Anthony Rizzo, American professional baseball player (born 1989), followed by Marc Rizzo.

Where is the surname Rizzo most common?

Wikidata records people named Rizzo in the United States, Brazil and Argentina and 1 other country.

Is the surname Rizzo getting more or less common?

More common. 18,445 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,605 in 2010, up 0.9%.

The surname Rizzo

An Italian surname, carried by 18,605 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rizzo is more common than 98.8% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

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

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 18,605 people named Rizzo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 16,595 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 18,445.

#1,943

rank among US surnames

18,605

people in 2010

6.3

per 100,000 Americans

+0.9%

change since 2000 (was #1,784)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,934	Kiser	18,674	16,533
#1,935	Peoples	18,672	16,535
#1,936	Waite	18,664	16,542
#1,937	Beyer	18,641	16,563
#1,938	Desai	18,638	16,565
#1,939	Banuelos	18,636	16,567
#1,940	Spangler	18,622	16,580

Who is named Rizzo

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

92% of people named Rizzo identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.9%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rizzos

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Anthony Rizzo
American professional baseball player (born 1989)
Marc Rizzo
American guitarist, born 1977
Pedro Rizzo
Brazilian mixed martial artist, born 1974
Frank Rizzo
American mayor (1920-1991)
Tatiana Soledad Rizzo
Argentinian volleyball player, born 1986
Gary Rizzo
American sound engineer, born 1972
Nick Rizzo
Australian soccer player, born 1979
Mother Angelica
American religious sister (1923-2016)

Notable Rizzos come mostly from the United States (5), Brazil (1) and Argentina (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rizzo

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

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Rizzo come from?: Borrowed from Old Italian and Neapolitan Rizzo and/or front Sicilian Rizzu.
How common is the surname Rizzo?: 18,605 people in the United States had the surname Rizzo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,595 Americans. It ranked 1,943rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rizzo?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Rizzo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Rizzo?: Anthony Rizzo, American professional baseball player (born 1989), followed by Marc Rizzo.
Where is the surname Rizzo most common?: Wikidata records people named Rizzo in the United States, Brazil and Argentina and 1 other country.
Is the surname Rizzo getting more or less common?: More common. 18,445 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,605 in 2010, up 0.9%.