Explore the Family Name Brizzi

The meaning of Brizzi

1. Italian: from the medieval personal name Brizzi or Brizio, Latin Bricius, Brictius (see Brice). 2. Italian: from a short form of the personal names Albrizzo (a diminutive of Alberico) or Fabrizio. 3. Italianized form of Slovenian Bric (see Britz). Some characteristic forenames: Italian Benvenuto, Gianni, Saverio, Vito.

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How common is the last name Brizzi in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Brizzi experienced a decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Brizzi ranked as the 49,057th most popular surname in the United States, but it fell to 52,619th place by 2010, marking a 7.26% drop in rank. The count of people with this last name also declined slightly from 403 in 2000 to 394 in 2010, a decrease of 2.23%. Consequently, the proportion of people with the surname Brizzi per 100,000 individuals decreased by 13.33% from 0.15 to 0.13.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#49,057	#52,619	-7.26%
Count	403	394	-2.23%
Proportion per 100k	0.15	0.13	-13.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Brizzi

Regarding ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that the majority of people with the Brizzi surname identified as White in both 2000 and 2010, although there was a slight decrease from 92.80% to 90.10%. The percentage of Hispanic people with this surname increased from 5.21% to 5.84%, a rise of 12.09%. In 2010, interestingly, 2.03% of those with the surname Brizzi identified as belonging to two or more ethnicities. There were no individuals who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native during either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	92.8%	90.1%	-2.91%
Hispanic	5.21%	5.84%	12.09%
Two or More Races	0%	2.03%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%