Ricca History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Italy

Early Origins of the Ricca family

The surname Ricca was first found in various parts of Italy including early references in Emilia-Romagna, Venice, Bologna as well as in Lombardy and Tuscany. This name comes from the Italian word "ricco" meaning "curly." The name most likely referred to someone with curly hair.

Early History of the Ricca family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Ricca research. The years 1255, 1470, 1516, 1532, 1533, 1542, 1552, 1566, 1567, 1576, 1580, 1605, 1606, 1610, 1619, 1654, 1659, 1675, 1676, 1682, 1715, 1730 and 1734 are included under the topic Early Ricca History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Ricca Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Rizzo, Ricci, Rizzi, Riccio, Rizza, Risso, Lo Riccio, Lo Rizzo, Lorizzo, La Riccia, La Rizza and many more.

Early Notables of the Ricca family

Prominent among members of the family was Felice Riccio (1542-1605), an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance period; Antonello Riccio (active 1576), an Italian painter of the Renaissance period; Andrea Riccio (c. 1470-1532) born Andrea Briosco, an Italian sculptor and occasional architect; Domenico Riccio (also known as Domenico Brusasorci (1516-1567), an Italian painter; Pietro Ricchi (1606-1675), an Italian painter of the Baroque period, born in Lucca; Archbishop Ricciulli who adopted the Roman...
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Ricca Ranking

In the United States, the name Ricca is the 16,384^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Ricca migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Ricca Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Lazaro Ricca, aged 22, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1839 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Ricca (post 1700) +

James Emanuel "Big Jim" Ricca (1927-2007), American NFL football defensive tackle
Joseph F. Ricca (b. 1890), American Republican politician, Member of New York State Assembly from Kings County 23rd District, 1922-27; Defeated, 1919, 1920, 1927 3
Joseph Ricca, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 2004 3
Ricca Slone, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 2004 4
Ricca Slone, Canadian-born, American politician, Member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1997-2005)

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 19) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 3) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html