Cognome

Pignataro

The strongest concentration of Pignataro in US arrival records points to Calabria, with 76 of 149 arrivals (51 percent) originating there.

149

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 149

Top regione

Calabria

76 of 149
51 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 2

2 to 8

8 to 23

23+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

10 regioni represented

Calabria7651%
Campania3523%
Basilicata1510%
Abruzzo75%
Puglia53%
Sicilia53%
Toscana32%
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol11%
Molise11%
Lazio11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Acri
22
Provincia CS
Salerno
9
Provincia SA
Roccadaspide
8
Provincia SA
Angri
8
Provincia SA
Bella
7
Provincia PZ
San Fili
7
Provincia CS
Verbicaro
5
Provincia CS
Rose
5
Provincia CS
Cariati
4
Provincia CS
Gioia del Colle
4
Provincia BA
Rovito
4
Provincia CS
San Lorenzo
4
Provincia RC
San Chirico Nuovo
3
Provincia PZ
Cetraro
2
Provincia CS
Rapolla
2
Provincia PZ

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Acri	CS	22
Salerno	SA	9
Roccadaspide	SA	8
Angri	SA	8
Bella	PZ	7
San Fili	CS	7
Verbicaro	CS	5
Rose	CS	5
Cariati	CS	4
Gioia del Colle	BA	4
Rovito	CS	4
San Lorenzo	RC	4
San Chirico Nuovo	PZ	3
Cetraro	CS	2
Rapolla	PZ	2

Persone notevoli

Notable Pignataro on Wikipedia

Nicola Pignataro
IT
1943 · Bari
Rocco Pignataro
IT
1954 · Noicàttaro
Ferdinando Pignataro
IT
1956 · Taranto
Luciano Pignataro
IT
1957 · Salerno
Giacomo Pignataro
IT
1963 · Caltagirone
Laura Viola Pignataro
1994 · Grosseto

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Nicola Pignataro	1943	Bari	IT
Rocco Pignataro	1954	Noicàttaro	IT
Ferdinando Pignataro	1956	Taranto	IT
Luciano Pignataro	1957	Salerno	IT
Giacomo Pignataro	1963	Caltagirone	IT
Laura Viola Pignataro	1994	Grosseto

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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Pignatari

4 US arrivals

Pignatara

1 US arrivals

Pignata

33 US arrivals

Pignatario

2 US arrivals

Opignataro

1 US arrivals

Pignataio

1 US arrivals

Pignatoro

1 US arrivals

Pignaturo

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 Pignataro.

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