Cognome

Piraino

The strongest concentration of Piraino in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 121 of 150 arrivals (81 percent) originating there.

150

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

44

Comuni of
origin

7

Regioni
represented

0

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 150
Basilicata: 1 arrivalsCalabria: 18 arrivalsCampania: 5 arrivalsLazio: 2 arrivalsLombardia: 2 arrivalsSicilia: 121 arrivalsToscana: 1 arrivals

Top regione

Sicilia

121 of 150
81 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 4
4 to 12
12 to 36
36+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

7 regioni represented

  • Sicilia12181%
  • Calabria1812%
  • Campania53%
  • Lazio21%
  • Lombardia21%
  • Basilicata11%
  • Toscana11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

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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Piraina

8 US arrivals

Piraini

1 US arrivals

Pirai

1 US arrivals

Piraiano

2 US arrivals

Praino

26 US arrivals

Pirano

15 US arrivals

Pirino

2 US arrivals

Cupiraino

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 Piraino.

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