Cognome

Cristofaro

The strongest concentration of Cristofaro in US arrival records points to Molise, with 62 of 194 arrivals (32 percent) originating there.

194

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 194

Top regione

Molise

62 of 194
32 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 2

2 to 6

6 to 19

19+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

12 regioni represented

Molise6232%
Calabria5227%
Campania3920%
Basilicata105%
Abruzzo84%
Puglia53%
Lazio53%
Sicilia53%
Piemonte32%
Marche21%
Toscana21%
Emilia-Romagna11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Ripabottoni
26
Provincia CB
Ripalimosani
13
Provincia CB
Girifalco
10
Provincia CZ
Lapio
9
Provincia AV
Cercemaggiore
8
Provincia CB
Montauro
5
Provincia CZ
Rapolla
5
Provincia PZ
Riccia
5
Provincia CB
Pollutri
5
Provincia CH
Cortale
4
Provincia CZ
Davoli
4
Provincia CZ
Palermiti
4
Provincia CZ
Volturara Irpina
3
Provincia AV
Salza Irpina
3
Provincia AV
Polistena
3
Provincia RC

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Ripabottoni	CB	26
Ripalimosani	CB	13
Girifalco	CZ	10
Lapio	AV	9
Cercemaggiore	CB	8
Montauro	CZ	5
Rapolla	PZ	5
Riccia	CB	5
Pollutri	CH	5
Cortale	CZ	4
Davoli	CZ	4
Palermiti	CZ	4
Volturara Irpina	AV	3
Salza Irpina	AV	3
Polistena	RC	3

Persone notevoli

Notable Cristofaro on Wikipedia

Alessandro da Ripabottoni
1920 · Ripabottoni
Francesco Cristofaro
1979 · Catanzaro

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Alessandro da Ripabottoni	1920	Ripabottoni
Francesco Cristofaro	1979	Catanzaro

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.

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D cristofaro

1 US arrivals

De cristofaro

116 US arrivals

Di cristofaro

100 US arrivals

Del cristofaro

1 US arrivals

Cristofari

15 US arrivals

Cristofaris

1 US arrivals

Cristofa

2 US arrivals

Christofaro

4 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 Cristofaro.

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