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The Risso surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 546 people carried this name — #40,144 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted. That is down 2% from 557 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Risso surname

Borrowed from Italian Risso; this surname is also well-attested in South America.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Risso» (English), 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 8,387 people named Risso 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 3,319
Tucumán 932
Santa Fe 671
City of Buenos Aires 620
Córdoba 525
Salta 456
Santiago del Estero 428
Chaco 388

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 394 people named Risso.

78 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 78
Alpes-Maritimes 166
Bouches-du-Rhône 67
Var 50
Paris 10
Vaucluse 4
Meurthe-et-Moselle 4
Haute-Garonne 3
Lot 3

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

29 people named Risso live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Vaud 8
Ticino 7
Valais 7
Zurich 7

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.

Who carried it

People named Risso,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Antoine Risso
    Antoine Risso 1777–1845 · naturalist
  • Antoine Risso
    Antoine Risso 1777–1845 · naturalist
  • Romildo Risso
    Romildo Risso 1882–1946 · writer
  • Ernesto Risso 1886– · politician
  • Rogelio Risso 1898– · surgeon
  • Carlo Risso 1902– · association football player

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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