Cognome

Gatto

The strongest concentration of Gatto in US arrival records points to Calabria, with 146 of 437 arrivals (33 percent) originating there.

437

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

175

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 437

Top regione

Calabria

146 of 437
33 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 4

4 to 15

15 to 44

44+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

16 regioni represented

Calabria14633%
Sicilia10524%
Campania9321%
Piemonte245%
Basilicata123%
Veneto92%
Molise92%
Abruzzo92%
Liguria82%
Lazio72%
Puglia61%
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol31%
Marche20%
Lombardia20%
Umbria10%
Toscana10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Lago
25
Provincia CS
Palermo
18
Provincia PA
Ribera
15
Provincia AG
Ceraso
13
Provincia SA
Agropoli
12
Provincia SA
Perito
11
Provincia SA
Napoli
9
Provincia NA
Rogliano
8
Provincia CS
Pisciotta
8
Provincia SA
Marzi
8
Provincia CS
Menfi
8
Provincia AG
Messina
8
Provincia ME
Castrovillari
7
Provincia CS
Belsito
6
Provincia CS
Cosenza
6
Provincia CS

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Lago	CS	25
Palermo	PA	18
Ribera	AG	15
Ceraso	SA	13
Agropoli	SA	12
Perito	SA	11
Napoli	NA	9
Rogliano	CS	8
Pisciotta	SA	8
Marzi	CS	8
Menfi	AG	8
Messina	ME	8
Castrovillari	CS	7
Belsito	CS	6
Cosenza	CS	6

Persone notevoli

Notable Gatto on Wikipedia

Giovanni Gatto
EN IT
1420 · Messina
Simone Gatto
IT
1545 · Venezia
Nicolò Gatto
IT
1785 · Patti
Carlo Gatto
IT
1874 · Trapani
Saverio Gatto
IT
1877 · Reggio Calabria
Leonardo Gatto Roissard
IT
1900 · Venezia
Aristide Gatto
IT
1901 · Trevignano
Gino Gatto Ferro
1901 · Venezia
Salvatore Gatto
IT
1904 · Patti
Arturo Gatto
1908 · Agrigento
Alfonso Gatto
EN IT
1909 · Salerno
Eugenio Gatto
IT
1911 · Zenson di Piave
Simone Gatto
IT
1911 · Montemaggiore Belsito
Riccardo Gatto
1915 · Pinerolo
Angelo Gatto
1922 · Santa Cristina

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Giovanni Gatto	1420	Messina	EN IT
Simone Gatto	1545	Venezia	IT
Nicolò Gatto	1785	Patti	IT
Carlo Gatto	1874	Trapani	IT
Saverio Gatto	1877	Reggio Calabria	IT
Leonardo Gatto Roissard	1900	Venezia	IT
Aristide Gatto	1901	Trevignano	IT
Gino Gatto Ferro	1901	Venezia
Salvatore Gatto	1904	Patti	IT
Arturo Gatto	1908	Agrigento
Alfonso Gatto	1909	Salerno	EN IT
Eugenio Gatto	1911	Zenson di Piave	IT
Simone Gatto	1911	Montemaggiore Belsito	IT
Riccardo Gatto	1915	Pinerolo
Angelo Gatto	1922	Santa Cristina

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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Lo gatto

16 US arrivals

De gatto

7 US arrivals

Gattop

1 US arrivals

Del gatto

30 US arrivals

Dal gatto

1 US arrivals

Gato

7 US arrivals

Gattone

32 US arrivals

Gattoni

7 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 Gatto.

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