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Marino

The strongest concentration of Marino in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 723 of 2,309 arrivals (31 percent) originating there.

2,309

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

610

Comuni of
origin

19

Regioni
represented

83

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 2,309
Abruzzo: 198 arrivalsPuglia: 81 arrivalsBasilicata: 114 arrivalsCalabria: 358 arrivalsCampania: 638 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 8 arrivalsFriuli-Venezia Giulia: 1 arrivalsLazio: 40 arrivalsLiguria: 11 arrivalsLombardia: 18 arrivalsMarche: 12 arrivalsMolise: 47 arrivalsPiemonte: 36 arrivalsSardegna: 1 arrivalsSicilia: 723 arrivalsTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol: 8 arrivalsToscana: 4 arrivalsUmbria: 3 arrivalsVeneto: 8 arrivals

Top regione

Sicilia

723 of 2,309
31 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 22
22 to 72
72 to 217
217+

Cittadinanza per discendenza

Could your Marino line qualify for Italian citizenship?

The largest share of Marino arrivals came from Sicilia, most often from the provincia of Palermo. If one of them is your ancestor, Italy may recognize you as a citizen under jure sanguinis (citizenship by descent).

The surname alone does not decide it. Each generation between that ancestor and you does: who naturalized, and when. Since the 2025 law, the number of generations matters too.

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Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

19 regioni represented

  • Sicilia72331%
  • Campania63828%
  • Calabria35816%
  • Abruzzo1989%
  • Basilicata1145%
  • Puglia814%
  • Molise472%
  • Lazio402%
  • Piemonte362%
  • Lombardia181%
  • Marche121%
  • Liguria110%
  • Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol80%
  • Emilia-Romagna80%
  • Veneto80%
  • Toscana40%
  • Umbria30%
  • Friuli-Venezia Giulia10%
  • Sardegna10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Marino 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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Marmarino

3 US arrivals

Mamarino

2 US arrivals

Marinarino

2 US arrivals

Marinino

2 US arrivals

Marinorino

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 Marino.