The Rizzo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 18,605 people carried this name — #1,943 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 15,800 people counted. That is up 1% from 18,445 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Rizzo surname
Borrowed from Old Italian and Neapolitan Rizzo and/or front Sicilian Rizzu.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Rizzo» (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 6,128 people named Rizzo 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
1,607 people named Rizzo live in Switzerland.
They live in 22 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 1,100 people named Rizzo.
Most of them — 655 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 53 départements, most often Var.
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 997 people named Rizzo 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 Poland’s population register
30 people named Rizzo have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 84 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
65 people named Rizzo 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
Rizzo in American newspapers,
1909–1953.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,195 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Rizzo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Antonio Rizzo 1430–1499 · architect -
Don Giuseppe Rizzo 1863–1912 · politician -
Luigi Rizzo 1887–1951 · politician -
Attilio Rizzo 1891–1945 · partisan -
Francesco Babuscio Rizzo 1897–1983 · diplomat
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 233 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rizzo.
- 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
- Rizzi 2,801 · 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
- Roba 221 · U.S. census
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