Cognome

Meo

The strongest concentration of Meo in US arrival records points to Campania, with 72 of 194 arrivals (37 percent) originating there.

194

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 194

Top regione

Campania

72 of 194
37 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 2

2 to 7

7 to 22

22+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

12 regioni represented

Campania7237%
Sicilia4021%
Molise2111%
Abruzzo189%
Basilicata179%
Puglia95%
Calabria84%
Veneto32%
Toscana21%
Umbria21%
Lombardia11%
Emilia-Romagna11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Volturara Irpina
30
Provincia AV
San Pier Niceto
14
Provincia ME
Castelguidone
12
Provincia CH
Messina
10
Provincia ME
Nola
9
Provincia NA
Riposto
8
Provincia CT
Tricarico
7
Provincia MT
Trivento
7
Provincia CB
Frosolone
6
Provincia IS
Macchiagodena
5
Provincia IS
Napoli
3
Provincia NA
Potenza
3
Provincia PZ
Chiusano di San Domenico
3
Provincia AV
Volturino
3
Provincia FG
Monopoli
3
Provincia BA

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Volturara Irpina	AV	30
San Pier Niceto	ME	14
Castelguidone	CH	12
Messina	ME	10
Nola	NA	9
Riposto	CT	8
Tricarico	MT	7
Trivento	CB	7
Frosolone	IS	6
Macchiagodena	IS	5
Napoli	NA	3
Potenza	PZ	3
Chiusano di San Domenico	AV	3
Volturino	FG	3
Monopoli	BA	3

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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Memeo

1 US arrivals

Di meo

261 US arrivals

De meo

69 US arrivals

Lo meo

2 US arrivals

Mecameo

1 US arrivals

Meo rosa

1 US arrivals

Meola

195 US arrivals

Meoli

35 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 Meo.

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