Cognome

Nigro

The strongest concentration of Nigro in US arrival records points to Campania, with 261 of 631 arrivals (41 percent) originating there.

631

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

195

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 631

Top regione

Campania

261 of 631
41 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 8

8 to 26

26 to 78

78+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

16 regioni represented

Campania26141%
Basilicata11719%
Calabria8513%
Puglia7612%
Sicilia356%
Piemonte173%
Abruzzo81%
Molise81%
Lazio61%
Lombardia41%
Toscana41%
Friuli-Venezia Giulia30%
Marche20%
Emilia-Romagna20%
Veneto20%
Umbria10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Accadia
45
Provincia FG
Laurenzana
34
Provincia PZ
Napoli
22
Provincia NA
Colliano
17
Provincia SA
Grimaldi
15
Provincia CS
Piaggine
15
Provincia SA
Avellino
12
Provincia AV
Viggiano
12
Provincia PZ
San Fele
11
Provincia PZ
Oliveto Citra
11
Provincia SA
Grotteria
10
Provincia RC
Potenza
10
Provincia PZ
Zumpano
9
Provincia CS
Cosenza
9
Provincia CS
Colle Sannita
9
Provincia BN

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Accadia	FG	45
Laurenzana	PZ	34
Napoli	NA	22
Colliano	SA	17
Grimaldi	CS	15
Piaggine	SA	15
Avellino	AV	12
Viggiano	PZ	12
San Fele	PZ	11
Oliveto Citra	SA	11
Grotteria	RC	10
Potenza	PZ	10
Zumpano	CS	9
Cosenza	CS	9
Colle Sannita	BN	9

Persone notevoli

Notable Nigro on Wikipedia

Mario Nigro
IT
1912 · San Fili
Mario Nigro
EN IT
1917 · Pistoia
Carmelo Nigro
1936 · Roma
Gianluigi Nigro
1936 · Ortona
Salvatore Silvano Nigro
IT
1946 · Carlentini
Raffaele Nigro
EN IT
1947 · Melfi
Carmine Nigro
IT
1949 · Gorgoglione
Lorenzo Nigro
EN IT
1967 · Roma
Filippo Nigro
EN IT
1970 · Roma
Leonardo Nigro
EN
1974 · Manduria
Alfredo Nigro
EN IT
1975 · Manduria

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Mario Nigro	1912	San Fili	IT
Mario Nigro	1917	Pistoia	EN IT
Carmelo Nigro	1936	Roma
Gianluigi Nigro	1936	Ortona
Salvatore Silvano Nigro	1946	Carlentini	IT
Raffaele Nigro	1947	Melfi	EN IT
Carmine Nigro	1949	Gorgoglione	IT
Lorenzo Nigro	1967	Roma	EN IT
Filippo Nigro	1970	Roma	EN IT
Leonardo Nigro	1974	Manduria	EN
Alfredo Nigro	1975	Manduria	EN IT

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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De nigro

11 US arrivals

Lo nigro

11 US arrivals

Di nigro

3 US arrivals

Ge nigro

1 US arrivals

Del nigro

13 US arrivals

Nigrola

2 US arrivals

Nigrone

1 US arrivals

Nigra

45 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 Nigro.

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