The Cannizzaro surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,891 people carried this name — #15,483 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 156,300 people counted. That is up 9% from 1,739 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Cannizzaro surname
A surname from Sicilian.
Italianized form of Sicilian Cannizzaru, from Sicilian cannizzaru (“related to somewhere or someone related to reeds or wattle”), from cannizzu (“wattle”), from canna. The town in the province of Catania was named after the surname, when a local family bought the place as a personal fief.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Cannizzaro» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 237 people named Cannizzaro live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
99 people named Cannizzaro live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 78 people named Cannizzaro.
Most of them — 68 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Moselle.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 56 people named Cannizzaro live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Limburg.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Cannizzaro in American newspapers,
1898–1910.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 168 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Cannizzaro,
with a public archive behind them.
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Stanislao Cannizzaro 1826–1910 · politician -
Tommaso Cannizzaro 1838–1921 · writer -
Chris Cannizzaro 1938–2016 · baseball player -
Massimo Cannizzaro 1981– · association football player -
Vincenzo Cannizzaro 1742–1768 · painter
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Luigi Cannizzaro 1947–
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cannizzaro.
- Canler 106 · U.S. census
- Cann 3,890 · U.S. census
- Cannamela 143 · U.S. census
- Cannard 195 · U.S. census
- Cannata 1,878 · U.S. census
- Cannella 2,325 · U.S. census
- Cannizzo 655 · U.S. census
- Cannone 617 · U.S. census
- Canny 734 · U.S. census
- Cano 37,368 · U.S. census
- Canon 2,644 · U.S. census
- Canova 1,294 · U.S. census
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