Cognome

Maio

The strongest concentration of Maio in US arrival records points to Campania, with 114 of 254 arrivals (45 percent) originating there.

254

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

99

Comuni of
origin

12

Regioni
represented

5

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 254
Abruzzo: 3 arrivalsPuglia: 4 arrivalsBasilicata: 1 arrivalsCalabria: 73 arrivalsCampania: 114 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 4 arrivalsLazio: 3 arrivalsLombardia: 1 arrivalsMolise: 17 arrivalsSicilia: 32 arrivalsTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol: 1 arrivalsVeneto: 1 arrivals

Top regione

Campania

114 of 254
45 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 3
3 to 11
11 to 34
34+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

12 regioni represented

  • Campania11445%
  • Calabria7329%
  • Sicilia3213%
  • Molise177%
  • Emilia-Romagna42%
  • Puglia42%
  • Lazio31%
  • Abruzzo31%
  • Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol10%
  • Lombardia10%
  • Basilicata10%
  • Veneto10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Maio 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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D'maio

1 US arrivals

Maio-mag

1 US arrivals

Mi maio

1 US arrivals

Di maio

404 US arrivals

De maio

129 US arrivals

Dio maio

3 US arrivals

Lo maio

1 US arrivals

Maiorio

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 Maio.

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