Cognome

Moro

The strongest concentration of Moro in US arrival records points to Calabria, with 17 of 75 arrivals (23 percent) originating there.

75

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

51

Comuni of
origin

14

Regioni
represented

72

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 75
Abruzzo: 13 arrivalsPuglia: 3 arrivalsCalabria: 17 arrivalsCampania: 7 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 1 arrivalsFriuli-Venezia Giulia: 4 arrivalsLazio: 5 arrivalsLiguria: 1 arrivalsLombardia: 4 arrivalsMarche: 2 arrivalsMolise: 1 arrivalsPiemonte: 8 arrivalsSicilia: 7 arrivalsVeneto: 2 arrivals

Top regione

Calabria

17 of 75
23 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 1
1 to 2
2 to 5
5+

Persone notevoli

Notable Moro 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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Moro'

1 US arrivals

Lo moro

3 US arrivals

De moro

1 US arrivals

Di moro

1 US arrivals

Mortoro

1 US arrivals

Morro

3 US arrivals

Moroi

1 US arrivals

Del moro

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 Moro.

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

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