Cognome

Coco

The strongest concentration of Coco in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 121 of 186 arrivals (65 percent) originating there.

186

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 186

Top regione

Sicilia

121 of 186
65 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 4

4 to 12

12 to 36

36+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

11 regioni represented

Sicilia12165%
Lazio2011%
Abruzzo126%
Calabria126%
Puglia95%
Campania42%
Molise21%
Basilicata21%
Veneto21%
Piemonte11%
Toscana11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Trecastagni
16
Provincia CT
Maenza
14
Provincia LT
Collesano
9
Provincia PA
Catania
9
Provincia CT
Capri Leone
9
Provincia ME
Canistro
7
Provincia AQ
Messina
7
Provincia ME
Sciacca
6
Provincia AG
Palermo
6
Provincia PA
Nicosia
6
Provincia EN
Pietrafitta
5
Provincia CS
San Severo
5
Provincia FG
Cefalù
5
Provincia PA
Roma
4
Provincia RM
Villarosa
4
Provincia EN

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Trecastagni	CT	16
Maenza	LT	14
Collesano	PA	9
Catania	CT	9
Capri Leone	ME	9
Canistro	AQ	7
Messina	ME	7
Sciacca	AG	6
Palermo	PA	6
Nicosia	EN	6
Pietrafitta	CS	5
San Severo	FG	5
Cefalù	PA	5
Roma	RM	4
Villarosa	EN	4

Persone notevoli

Notable Coco on Wikipedia

Vito Coco
IT
1723 · Catania
Giuseppe Coco Zanghì
1829 · Catania
Primaldo Coco
IT
1879 · Francavilla Fontana
Nicola Coco
IT
1882 · Umbriatico
Francesco Coco
IT
1908 · Terralba
Giovanni Silvestro Coco
IT
1935 · Castelbuono
Giuseppe Coco
EN IT
1936 · Biancavilla
Emilio Coco
1940 · San Marco in Lamis
Donato Coco
EN IT
1956 · Rignano Garganico
Francesco Coco
EN IT
1977 · Paternò

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Vito Coco	1723	Catania	IT
Giuseppe Coco Zanghì	1829	Catania
Primaldo Coco	1879	Francavilla Fontana	IT
Nicola Coco	1882	Umbriatico	IT
Francesco Coco	1908	Terralba	IT
Giovanni Silvestro Coco	1935	Castelbuono	IT
Giuseppe Coco	1936	Biancavilla	EN IT
Emilio Coco	1940	San Marco in Lamis
Donato Coco	1956	Rignano Garganico	EN IT
Francesco Coco	1977	Paternò	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.

Related guide

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.

Read guide

Lo coco

53 US arrivals

Di coco

2 US arrivals

La coco

1 US arrivals

Cocco

230 US arrivals

Del coco

3 US arrivals

Cocola

11 US arrivals

Cocolo

2 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 Coco.

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