Rizzo
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Italian and Neapolitan Rizzo and/or front Sicilian Rizzu.
Proper noun
Rizzo (plural Rizzos)
- A surname from Italian.
Translations
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Rizzo is the 1943rd 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
Proper noun
Rizzo m or f by sense
- a surname
Descendants
- English: Rizzo