# Rizzuto (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/rizzuto/  
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) | 2,316 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,195 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 133,310 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.8% (2,297 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ɹɪtˈsuːtəʊ/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Italian Rizzuto, from Sicilian rizzutu (“curly-haired”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Rizzuto 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) | 94% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Rizzuto in the United States.

## People named Rizzuto

- Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player (1917-2007)

## Similar surnames

Rosado, Rust, Rashid, Rost, Rossetti, Resto, Rasheed, Rosati, Rickett, Rockwood, Rockett, Rosato.

## 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.