Cognome

Castro

The strongest concentration of Castro in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 36 of 48 arrivals (75 percent) originating there.

48

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

22

Comuni of
origin

6

Regioni
represented

5

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 48
Abruzzo: 1 arrivalsPuglia: 3 arrivalsCalabria: 2 arrivalsCampania: 3 arrivalsFriuli-Venezia Giulia: 3 arrivalsSicilia: 36 arrivals

Top regione

Sicilia

36 of 48
75 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 1
1 to 4
4 to 11
11+

Persone notevoli

Notable Castro on Wikipedia

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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Lo castro

57 US arrivals

De castro

22 US arrivals

Di castro

21 US arrivals

La castro

3 US arrivals

Castrocaro

3 US arrivals

Bel castro

1 US arrivals

Castromoro

1 US arrivals

Castronaro

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 Castro.

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

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