Rizzo

English

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Rizzo (surname)

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Italian and Neapolitan Rizzo and/or front Sicilian Rizzu.

Proper noun

Rizzo (plural Rizzos)

1. A surname from Italian.

Translations

Translations

Italian: Rizzo Sicilian: Rizzu

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Rizzo is the 1943^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 18605 individuals. Rizzo is most common among White (92.12%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rizzo”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Italian

Etymology

From of a variant of riccio (“curly-haired”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrit.t͡so/
• Rhymes: -ittso
• Hyphenation: Rìz‧zo

Proper noun

Rizzo m or f by sense

1. a surname

Descendants

• English: Rizzo

Further reading

• Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2025

Anagrams

• Zorzi, rozzi