Cognome

Dimaio

The strongest concentration of Dimaio in US arrival records points to Campania, with 91 of 137 arrivals (66 percent) originating there.

137

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 137

Top regione

Campania

91 of 137
66 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 3

3 to 9

9 to 27

27+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

8 regioni represented

Campania9166%
Molise129%
Sicilia118%
Calabria64%
Lazio64%
Basilicata54%
Puglia43%
Abruzzo21%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Forio
15
Provincia NA
Napoli
11
Provincia NA
Calitri
7
Provincia AV
Campodipietra
7
Provincia CB
Sorrento
6
Provincia NA
Teora
5
Provincia AV
Grotteria
5
Provincia RC
Serino
5
Provincia AV
Procida
4
Provincia NA
Formia
4
Provincia LT
Palermo
4
Provincia PA
Solofra
3
Provincia AV
Gragnano
3
Provincia NA
Gratteri
3
Provincia PA
Acerra
3
Provincia NA

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Forio	NA	15
Napoli	NA	11
Calitri	AV	7
Campodipietra	CB	7
Sorrento	NA	6
Teora	AV	5
Grotteria	RC	5
Serino	AV	5
Procida	NA	4
Formia	LT	4
Palermo	PA	4
Solofra	AV	3
Gragnano	NA	3
Gratteri	PA	3
Acerra	NA	3

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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Dimai

1 US arrivals

Dimaia

3 US arrivals

Di maio

404 US arrivals

Dimario

35 US arrivals

Dima

9 US arrivals

Dio maio

3 US arrivals

Dimajio

1 US arrivals

Dimasio

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 Dimaio.

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