The Ricci surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,534 people carried this name — #3,127 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 25,600 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (11,543).
In Argentina’s national register
At least 5,436 people named Ricci 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,938 people named Ricci.
553 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 66 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
834 people named Ricci live in Switzerland.
They live in 20 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 193 people named Ricci 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 Hainaut.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
88 people named Ricci are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Ricci in American newspapers,
1906–1962.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,025 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Ricci,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giovanni Ricci 1498–1574 · nuncio -
Agostino Ricci 1500–1600 · astronomer -
Camillo Renato 1500–1575 · heretic -
Catherine of Ricci 1522–1590 · religious sister -
Ostilio Ricci 1540–1603 · architect
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 171 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ricci.
- Rica 123 · U.S. census
- Ricard 2,984 · U.S. census
- Ricardo 3,448 · U.S. census
- Ricart 272 · U.S. census
- Ricca 1,676 · U.S. census
- Riccardi 3,289 · U.S. census
- Ricciardi 3,951 · U.S. census
- Ricciarelli 133 · U.S. census
- Riccio 4,169 · U.S. census
- Ricco 1,195 · U.S. census
- Riccobono 704 · U.S. census
- Rice 149,500 · U.S. census
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