Cognome

Giglio

The strongest concentration of Giglio in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 170 of 409 arrivals (42 percent) originating there.

409

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

154

Comuni of
origin

17

Regioni
represented

10

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 409
Abruzzo: 12 arrivalsPuglia: 6 arrivalsBasilicata: 15 arrivalsCalabria: 63 arrivalsCampania: 97 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 1 arrivalsFriuli-Venezia Giulia: 1 arrivalsLazio: 5 arrivalsLiguria: 3 arrivalsLombardia: 1 arrivalsMarche: 1 arrivalsMolise: 9 arrivalsPiemonte: 22 arrivalsSicilia: 170 arrivalsTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol: 1 arrivalsToscana: 1 arrivalsUmbria: 1 arrivals

Top regione

Sicilia

170 of 409
42 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 5
5 to 17
17 to 51
51+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

17 regioni represented

  • Sicilia17042%
  • Campania9724%
  • Calabria6315%
  • Piemonte225%
  • Basilicata154%
  • Abruzzo123%
  • Molise92%
  • Puglia61%
  • Lazio51%
  • Liguria31%
  • Marche10%
  • Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol10%
  • Friuli-Venezia Giulia10%
  • Umbria10%
  • Emilia-Romagna10%
  • Toscana10%
  • Lombardia10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Giglio on Wikipedia

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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Di giglio

27 US arrivals

De giglio

7 US arrivals

La giglio

2 US arrivals

Lo giglio

1 US arrivals

Gigliottio

5 US arrivals

Del giglio

3 US arrivals

Giglio tos

2 US arrivals

Gigli

48 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 Giglio.

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