Ricci

surname · Latin script

Meaning: It. ricco curly. Vars.: (Lo) Riccio, Rizzi, (Lo) Rizzo; Risso (Liguria)

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ɹɪtʃi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Ricci is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Italy than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • ITItaly≈1 in 1.7K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 29K
  • UYUruguay1 in 3.8K

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.

Italy (inferred from the name graph)

≈37,000 people, est.

Sources
410 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.7K (inferred from the name graph)

Italy, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in Italian

It. ricco curly. Vars.: (Lo) Riccio, Rizzi, (Lo) Rizzo; Risso (Liguria). Dims.: Riccelli, Rizzelli, Rizz(i)ello, Rizzillo, Riccetti, Rizzetti, Rizzetto; Riccini (partly Jewish), Rizzini, Riciol(in)i, Ricciolino, Rizz(i)oli, Rizzolo, Rissolo, Ricciulli, Ricciotti, Rizzotti, Rizzotto. Augs.: Riccioni, Rizzon(i), Rizzone, Rissone.

Sources 1

  • A dictionary of surnames

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

How Ricci is read(measured from records)

Ricci 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.

  • English40%

    Marco, Italian painter; Nina, Italian

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

    designer; Sebastiano, Italian

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

    painter

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

  • French20%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Ricci in French.

  • Spanish17%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Ricci in Spanish.

  • Italian9.7%

    It. ricco curly. Vars.: (Lo) Riccio, Rizzi, (Lo) Rizzo; Risso (Liguria). Dims.: Riccelli, Rizzelli, Rizz(i)ello, Rizzillo, Riccetti, Rizzetti, Rizzetto; Riccini (partly Jewish), Rizzini, Riciol(in)i, Ricciolino, Rizz(i)oli, Rizzolo, Rissolo, Ricciulli, Ricciotti, Rizzotti, Rizzotto. Augs.: Riccioni, Rizzon(i), Rizzone, Rissone.

    as a nameA dictionary of surnames

    forma plural de Riccio

    as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

  • Portuguese7.5%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Ricci 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)

Ricci 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.

Where Ricci is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IT Italy—≈37,000 est.≈1 in 1.7KlistedRicci109
US United States—11,5341 in 29K12KRicci410
BR Brazil—10,2251 in 21K10K—5
FR France—≈9,000 est.≈1 in 7.6K425—7
AR Argentina—5,4361 in 8.4K5.4K—3
UY Uruguay—8981 in 3.8K898——
CH Switzerland—8331 in 10K833—26
AG Antigua & Barbuda#325———Ricci1

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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); the italian-surnames-defelice-1978 register; INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Ricci is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, Brazil, United States, Peru

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Riccí, Rìcci, Rìccî, Rïčçį

  • Italian surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, United States, Canada, United Kingdom

    Also written Riccì, Rīććì, Rîccî, Riccï, Rícci

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Rícci

  • German surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Germany, United States, Italy, Switzerland

    Also written Rîççï

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Italy, Canada, United Kingdom

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Rîccî

76 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

14001600180020002200Matteo Ricci, b. 1552Sebastiano Ricci, b. 1659Marco Ricci, b. 1676Nina Ricci, b. 1883Nora Ricci, b. 1924Sandro Ricci, b. 1974Christina Ricci, b. 1980Italia Ricci, b. 1986Federico Ricci, b. 1994Samuele Ricci, b. 2001

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Ricci,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 50 sources across 26 countries.

Official registers attesting Ricci
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000200012K#2,855
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010201012K#3,127
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020202011K#3,161
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—10K#1,297
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—5.4K—
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—898—
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)2024833#1,449
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1951637—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1961559—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1971533—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1981465—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1991425—

Reference works 9

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

How do you pronounce Ricci?
A machine transcription gives /ɹɪtʃi/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Ricci mean?
Recorded meaning: It. ricco curly. Vars.: (Lo) Riccio, Rizzi, (Lo) Rizzo; Risso (Liguria).
In which country does Ricci have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 37 thousand people named Ricci in Italy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ricci.
How common is the name Ricci?
In the United States, the national register counted 11,534 people named Ricci in 2010, about 1 in 29 thousand residents.
How common is Ricci compared with other names?
In Antigua & Barbuda, Ricci is the 325th most common surname of 30,187 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

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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.

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ricci” — the 325th most common surname in Antigua & Barbuda. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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