Cognome

Massimo

The strongest concentration of Massimo in US arrival records points to Molise, with 17 of 48 arrivals (35 percent) originating there.

48

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

30

Comuni of
origin

10

Regioni
represented

20

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 48
Abruzzo: 5 arrivalsPuglia: 3 arrivalsCalabria: 6 arrivalsCampania: 9 arrivalsLazio: 1 arrivalsLiguria: 1 arrivalsMolise: 17 arrivalsPiemonte: 1 arrivalsSicilia: 3 arrivalsToscana: 2 arrivals

Top regione

Molise

17 of 48
35 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 1
1 to 2
2 to 5
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Cittadinanza per discendenza

Could your Massimo line qualify for Italian citizenship?

The largest share of Massimo arrivals came from Molise, most often from the provincia of Campobasso. 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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Persone notevoli

Notable Massimo on Wikipedia

  • Massimo Massimo

    IT

    1395 · Roma

  • Pietro Massimo

    IT

    1420 · Roma

  • Porzia Massimo

    1540 · Roma

  • Innocenzo Massimo

    IT

    1581 · Roma

  • Carlo Camillo II Massimo

    ENIT

    1620 · Roma

  • Domenico Massimo

    EN

    1630 · Roma

  • Francesco Camillo VII Massimo

    IT

    1730 · Roma

  • Massimiliano Camillo VIII Massimo, I principe di Arsoli

    IT

    1770 · Roma

  • Vittorio Emanuele Camillo IX Massimo

    IT

    1803 · Roma

  • Mario Massimo

    1808 · Roma

  • Maria Francesca Massimo

    1846 · Roma

  • Massimiliano Massimo

    ENIT

    1849 · Roma

  • Leone Massimo

    1896 · Roma

  • Margherita Massimo y Borbón

    1898 · Villa Borbone delle Pianore

  • Luisa Massimo

    ENIT

    1928 · 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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D massimo

1 US arrivals

Di massimo

30 US arrivals

De massimo

1 US arrivals

Massimmo

1 US arrivals

Masimo

11 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 Massimo.

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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