Cognome

Italiano

The strongest concentration of Italiano in US arrival records points to Calabria, with 88 of 205 arrivals (43 percent) originating there.

205

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 205

Top regione

Calabria

88 of 205
43 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 3

3 to 9

9 to 26

26+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

12 regioni represented

Calabria8843%
Sicilia7738%
Campania168%
Abruzzo84%
Basilicata31%
Puglia31%
Toscana21%
Veneto21%
Molise21%
Lombardia21%
Lazio10%
Emilia-Romagna10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Delianuova
64
Provincia RC
Messina
15
Provincia ME
Milazzo
13
Provincia ME
Burgio
8
Provincia AG
Palmi
5
Provincia RC
Palazzo Adriano
4
Provincia PA
Santa Lucia del Mela
4
Provincia ME
Antillo
3
Provincia ME
Villafranca Sicula
3
Provincia AG
Delia
3
Provincia CL
Castroreale
3
Provincia ME
Dragoni
3
Provincia CE
Scido
3
Provincia RC
San Vincenzo
2
Provincia LI
Paese
2
Provincia TV

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Delianuova	RC	64
Messina	ME	15
Milazzo	ME	13
Burgio	AG	8
Palmi	RC	5
Palazzo Adriano	PA	4
Santa Lucia del Mela	ME	4
Antillo	ME	3
Villafranca Sicula	AG	3
Delia	CL	3
Castroreale	ME	3
Dragoni	CE	3
Scido	RC	3
San Vincenzo	LI	2
Paese	TV	2

Persone notevoli

Notable Italiano on Wikipedia

Federico Italiano
1976 · Novara
Chiara Italiano
1987 · Genova

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Federico Italiano	1976	Novara
Chiara Italiano	1987	Genova

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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Italiani

11 US arrivals

Italiana

2 US arrivals

Italia

39 US arrivals

Vitaliano

36 US arrivals

Titaliano

3 US arrivals

Italianio

1 US arrivals

Taliano

11 US arrivals

Italino

2 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 Italiano.

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