The Rizzi surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,801 people carried this name — #11,279 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 105,300 people counted. That is down 2% from 2,845 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Rizzi surname
A surname from Italian.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Rizzi» (French), 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 2,557 people named Rizzi 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
651 people named Rizzi live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 418 people named Rizzi.
139 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 44 départements, most often Paris.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 77 people named Rizzi 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.
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 the Nordic population registers
23 people named Rizzi is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
In print
Rizzi in American newspapers,
1913.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,444 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Rizzi,
with a public archive behind them.
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Francesco Rizzi 1729–1795 · sculptor -
Giovanni Antonio Rizzi Zannoni 1736–1814 · astronomer -
Vinzenz Rizzi 1816–1856 · writer -
Giovanni Rizzi 1828–1889 · writer -
Lodovico Rizzi 1859–1945 · lawyer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 174 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rizzi.
- Riviera 1,277 · U.S. census
- Riviere 1,135 · U.S. census
- Rivoire 155 · U.S. census
- Rix 2,391 · U.S. census
- Rizo 6,266 · U.S. census
- Rizza 959 · U.S. census
- Rizzo 18,605 · U.S. census
- Rizzolo 649 · U.S. census
- Rizzotto 371 · U.S. census
- Rizzuto 2,316 · U.S. census
- Roa 6,221 · U.S. census
- Rob 537 · U.S. census
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