Rizza Surname
Approximately 12,094 people bear this surname
Rizza Surname Definition:
(Italian) One who had wavy or curly hair.
Rizza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 8,203 | 1:7,455 | 1,025 |
| United States | 1,364 | 1:265,732 | 25,019 |
| Argentina | 508 | 1:84,141 | 7,125 |
| France | 425 | 1:156,289 | 24,249 |
| Indonesia | 284 | 1:465,666 | 38,509 |
| Brazil | 144 | 1:1,486,627 | 49,780 |
| Australia | 137 | 1:197,049 | 19,369 |
| Germany | 135 | 1:596,337 | 48,011 |
| Venezuela | 133 | 1:227,098 | 5,853 |
| Canada | 131 | 1:281,264 | 26,302 |
| Switzerland | 129 | 1:63,666 | 7,829 |
| England | 88 | 1:633,160 | 37,224 |
| Scotland | 79 | 1:67,770 | 5,294 |
| Belgium | 76 | 1:151,272 | 21,156 |
| Philippines | 55 | 1:1,840,695 | 114,828 |
| Spain | 38 | 1:1,230,317 | 41,658 |
| Mexico | 22 | 1:5,642,100 | 30,806 |
| Jamaica | 22 | 1:130,452 | 4,751 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Greece | 15 | 1:738,653 | 80,079 |
| Wales | 11 | 1:281,321 | 15,850 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,177,235 | 16,494 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
The alternate forms: Rizzà (3) are calculated separately.
Rizza (32,743) may also be a first name.
Rizza Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Italian) One who had wavy or curly hair.
Rizza Demographics
Average Male Rizza Height
172.2 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Rizza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rizza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rizza (Russian: Ризза) is found most frequently in Italy. It may occur in the variant forms: Rizzà. Click here to see other potential spellings of Rizza.
How Common Is The Last Name Rizza? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 43,040th most widely held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 602,575 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 76 percent of Rizza live; 69 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 68 percent live in Italic Europe. Rizza is also the 26,048th most frequently used given name internationally, held by 32,743 people.
Rizza is most commonly held in Italy, where it is held by 8,203 people, or 1 in 7,455. In Italy it is primarily concentrated in: Sicily, where 56 percent live, Lombardy, where 14 percent live and Calabria, where 7 percent live. Aside from Italy this last name is found in 54 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 11 percent live and Argentina, where 4 percent live.
Rizza Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Rizza last name are 15.98% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 69.21% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Rizza earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 5.69% less than the national average, earning €28,321 per year; in South Africa they earn 69.37% less than the national average, earning R 72,780 per year; in United States they earn 10.34% more than the national average, earning $47,611 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.05% more than the national average, earning $60,139 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rizza Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rizza in the Russian language | ||
| Ризза | rizza | - |
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Footnotes
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