Endrizzi is an Italian family surname.
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The Endrizzi surname occurs mostly in Northern Italy, in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol alpine region. Today, the many branches of the Endrizzi family can be found in Bolzano, Merano, Trento, Sarnonico, Cavedago, Cles, Dercolo, Spormaggiore and Fai della Paganella, these last mostly in the Val di Non region (Dolomiti di Brenta), where they live since the middle 16th century. In fact, it is rather famous in the whole world, due to the quality of the Fratelli Endrizzi fine wines, founded 1885.
It is a very old family, although bearing a rare surname in Italian.The root "Endr" is probably German in origin and come from Austria in the beginning of the 19th century. The name has been changed from the German version "Endr" to the Italian version "Endrizzi" during the fascism occupation of the region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol.
The Endrizzi family migrated to the New World in small numbers, mostly to Südtirol, Austria, Brazil and the USA.