Cognome

Ferro

The strongest concentration of Ferro in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 101 of 299 arrivals (34 percent) originating there.

299

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

143

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 299

Top regione

Sicilia

101 of 299
34 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 3

3 to 10

10 to 30

30+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

17 regioni represented

Sicilia10134%
Campania6722%
Calabria3512%
Piemonte258%
Lazio124%
Molise114%
Abruzzo93%
Basilicata72%
Puglia72%
Lombardia52%
Liguria52%
Emilia-Romagna52%
Toscana41%
Friuli-Venezia Giulia21%
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol21%
Veneto10%
Sardegna10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Sassano
25
Provincia SA
Camporeale
14
Provincia PA
Alcamo
10
Provincia TP
Canischio
9
Provincia TO
Palermo
8
Provincia PA
Castelforte
7
Provincia LT
Pollica
6
Provincia SA
Filadelfia
6
Provincia VV
Campobasso
5
Provincia CB
Partinico
5
Provincia PA
Avellino
5
Provincia AV
Torino
5
Provincia TO
Marsala
5
Provincia TP
Salemi
4
Provincia TP
Messina
4
Provincia ME

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Sassano	SA	25
Camporeale	PA	14
Alcamo	TP	10
Canischio	TO	9
Palermo	PA	8
Castelforte	LT	7
Pollica	SA	6
Filadelfia	VV	6
Campobasso	CB	5
Partinico	PA	5
Avellino	AV	5
Torino	TO	5
Marsala	TP	5
Salemi	TP	4
Messina	ME	4

Persone notevoli

Notable Ferro on Wikipedia

Marco Ferro
1750 · Padova
Giovanni Ferro Luzzi
IT
1834 · Palermo
Emanuele Ferro
IT
1886 · La Spezia
Andrea Alberto Ferro
1887 · Savona
Camillo Ferro
IT
1894 · Savona
Guido Ferro
IT
1898 · Este
Gino Gatto Ferro
1901 · Venezia
Giovanni Ferro
EN IT
1901 · Costigliole d'Asti
Giuseppe Ferro
IT
1901 · Frattamaggiore
Pietro Ferro
1903 · Messina
Marise Ferro
IT
1907 · Ventimiglia
Giovanni Ferro
IT
1911 · Bergamo
Lida Ferro
IT
1915 · Livorno
Andrea Ferro
1921 · Torino
Giorgio Ferro
IT
1921 · Padova

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Marco Ferro	1750	Padova
Giovanni Ferro Luzzi	1834	Palermo	IT
Emanuele Ferro	1886	La Spezia	IT
Andrea Alberto Ferro	1887	Savona
Camillo Ferro	1894	Savona	IT
Guido Ferro	1898	Este	IT
Gino Gatto Ferro	1901	Venezia
Giovanni Ferro	1901	Costigliole d'Asti	EN IT
Giuseppe Ferro	1901	Frattamaggiore	IT
Pietro Ferro	1903	Messina
Marise Ferro	1907	Ventimiglia	IT
Giovanni Ferro	1911	Bergamo	IT
Lida Ferro	1915	Livorno	IT
Andrea Ferro	1921	Torino
Giorgio Ferro	1921	Padova	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.

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Ferroro

1 US arrivals

Di ferro

3 US arrivals

Ferrarro

2 US arrivals

De ferro

1 US arrivals

Ferron

1 US arrivals

Del ferro

2 US arrivals

Fero

2 US arrivals

Ferr

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 Ferro.

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