Cognome

Di Dio

The strongest concentration of Di Dio in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 45 of 106 arrivals (42 percent) originating there.

106

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 106

Top regione

Sicilia

45 of 106
42 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 1

1 to 5

5 to 14

14+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

11 regioni represented

Sicilia4542%
Campania2322%
Basilicata1918%
Abruzzo88%
Emilia-Romagna33%
Calabria33%
Lazio11%
Puglia11%
Liguria11%
Piemonte11%
Lombardia11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

San Piero Patti
6
Provincia ME
Montaguto
6
Provincia AV
San Cataldo
5
Provincia CL
Gangi
4
Provincia PA
Partinico
4
Provincia PA
Laurenzana
4
Provincia PZ
Benevento
4
Provincia BN
Francofonte
3
Provincia SR
Caltanissetta
3
Provincia CL
Motta Sant'Anastasia
2
Provincia CT
Montemarano
2
Provincia AV
Messina
2
Provincia ME
Patti
2
Provincia ME
Barrafranca
2
Provincia EN
Stigliano
2
Provincia MT

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
San Piero Patti	ME	6
Montaguto	AV	6
San Cataldo	CL	5
Gangi	PA	4
Partinico	PA	4
Laurenzana	PZ	4
Benevento	BN	4
Francofonte	SR	3
Caltanissetta	CL	3
Motta Sant'Anastasia	CT	2
Montemarano	AV	2
Messina	ME	2
Patti	ME	2
Barrafranca	EN	2
Stigliano	MT	2

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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Dio

5 US arrivals

Di idio

2 US arrivals

6 US arrivals

Didio

30 US arrivals

De dio

10 US arrivals

Di medio

6 US arrivals

Di addio

1 US arrivals

Di dandio

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 Di Dio.

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