Cognome

Lio

The strongest concentration of Lio in US arrival records points to Calabria, with 43 of 105 arrivals (41 percent) originating there.

105

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

35

Comuni of
origin

7

Regioni
represented

2

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 105
Puglia: 7 arrivalsBasilicata: 5 arrivalsCalabria: 43 arrivalsCampania: 9 arrivalsPiemonte: 1 arrivalsSicilia: 39 arrivalsToscana: 1 arrivals

Top regione

Calabria

43 of 105
41 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 1
1 to 4
4 to 13
13+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

7 regioni represented

  • Calabria4341%
  • Sicilia3937%
  • Campania99%
  • Puglia77%
  • Basilicata55%
  • Piemonte11%
  • Toscana11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Lio 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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De lio

21 US arrivals

Di lio

8 US arrivals

Liglio

1 US arrivals

Lillio

1 US arrivals

Liocio

1 US arrivals

Lioi

18 US arrivals

Lion

4 US arrivals

Lioy

4 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 Lio.

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