Riz
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Riz is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country. In English, recorded as rose or risen.
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 60K(inferred from the name graph)
- UYUruguay1 in 85K
- PKPakistan≈1 in 100K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 156 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 60K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,300 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Malaysia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
uncertain stem noted by the author; later rejected as explanatory stem
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
How Riz is read(measured from records)
Riz is one spelling over 5 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English23%
rose or risen.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Spanish21%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Riz in Spanish.
- Urdu11%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Riz in Urdu.
- French8.4%
rice
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Portuguese7.2%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Riz in Portuguese.
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Riz counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); the xinhua-italian-manual register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Riz is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, uncertain stem noted by the author; later rejected as explanatory stem
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In Romanian, RIZ, rizuri, s. n. Fisură foarte fină care se produce la suprafața unei piese metalice din cauza tensiunilor interne. ♦ Zgârietură făcută de un vârf ascuțit pe o piesă pentru a o însemna într-un anumit fel.
as a wordDEX online (dexonline.ro) - DEX '96 / DEX '98 definitions with etymology
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Roland Rizb. 1927ITItalian politician and jurist
- Annie Lacroix-Rizb. 1947FRFrench academic, historian
- Levente Rizb. 1974HUHungarian politician, historian (1974–2019)
- Martin Rizb. 1980ITItalian ski mountaineer
- Anna Maria Siega-RizUSAmerican nutrition and child health academic
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 21 sources across 14 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 392 | #21,097 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 40 | — |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 3 | #37,740 |
| IT Italy | 意大利语姓名译名手册 (Xinhua Italian Name Manual) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Riz come from?
- uncertain stem noted by the author; later rejected as explanatory stem Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- What does the name Riz mean?
- In English, rose or risen.
- In which country does Riz have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.3 thousand people named Riz in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled riz.
- How common is the name Riz?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 392 people named Riz, about 1 in 540 thousand residents.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Riz”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.