Cognome

Cairo

The strongest concentration of Cairo in US arrival records points to Calabria, with 38 of 112 arrivals (34 percent) originating there.

112

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 112

Top regione

Calabria

38 of 112
34 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 1

1 to 4

4 to 11

11+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

10 regioni represented

Calabria3834%
Campania3430%
Basilicata1312%
Lazio109%
Abruzzo65%
Sicilia65%
Molise22%
Lombardia11%
Veneto11%
Puglia11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

Each row is a comune (municipality) where at least one passenger named Cairo was recorded between 1830 and 1912.

Parenti
11
Provincia CS
Sant'Arsenio
10
Provincia SA
Acri
7
Provincia CS
Marsico Nuovo
6
Provincia PZ
Salerno
6
Provincia SA
Napoli
5
Provincia NA
Caserta
5
Provincia CE
Viticuso
4
Provincia FR
Pignola
3
Provincia PZ
Castrolibero
3
Provincia CS
Formia
3
Provincia LT
Rende
3
Provincia CS
Pacentro
3
Provincia AQ
Cosenza
3
Provincia CS
Marano Principato
3
Provincia CS

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Parenti	CS	11
Sant'Arsenio	SA	10
Acri	CS	7
Marsico Nuovo	PZ	6
Salerno	SA	6
Napoli	NA	5
Caserta	CE	5
Viticuso	FR	4
Pignola	PZ	3
Castrolibero	CS	3
Formia	LT	3
Rende	CS	3
Pacentro	AQ	3
Cosenza	CS	3
Marano Principato	CS	3

Persone notevoli

Notable Cairo on Wikipedia

Francesco Cairo
EN IT
1607 · Milano
Giovanni Cairo
IT
1866 · Codogno
Arrigo Cairo
IT
1894 · Codogno
Alberto Cairo
EN IT
1952 · Ceva
Urbano Cairo
EN IT
1957 · Milano

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Francesco Cairo	1607	Milano	EN IT
Giovanni Cairo	1866	Codogno	IT
Arrigo Cairo	1894	Codogno	IT
Alberto Cairo	1952	Ceva	EN IT
Urbano Cairo	1957	Milano	EN IT

Varianti grafiche

Spelling variants worth checking

The spelling you know may not be the one in the records. For example, a family remembers Mansini, but the records read Mancini.
If your spelling does not appear, a close variant in the list below may be the same family.

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Myths About Name Changes at Ellis Island

Names were never changed at the border. The spelling here is the original Italian: Giovinelli in the records, perhaps Jovanelli in the family today.

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Cairon

2 US arrivals

Cairone

16 US arrivals

Cairoli

4 US arrivals

Cairolo

4 US arrivals

Cairola

1 US arrivals

Cairoti

1 US arrivals

Caira

45 US arrivals

Caire

1 US arrivals

Variants are surfaced from the surname index, not from per-name research. None of these is guaranteed to be the same family as Cairo.

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