Heraldry and the Randazza Surname

Search old registers for Randazza and you will soon meet Randazzo too. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “From Randazzo”.

A variant of Randazzo

The change of ending between Randazzo and Randazza reflects the Italian habit of naming a family in the plural or the singular. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.

Surname statistics

The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Randazza with 207 bearers, at rank 89,403. That puts it inside the top 100,000 US surnames.

Heraldry and the Randazza name

Arms linked to Randazzo and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Want more than a summary? See the Randazza family name pack.