Cognome

Piro

The strongest concentration of Piro in US arrival records points to Calabria, with 65 of 167 arrivals (39 percent) originating there.

167

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 167

Top regione

Calabria

65 of 167
39 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 2

2 to 7

7 to 20

20+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

12 regioni represented

Calabria6539%
Sicilia4628%
Campania3018%
Basilicata159%
Lazio21%
Emilia-Romagna21%
Lombardia21%
Marche11%
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol11%
Piemonte11%
Umbria11%
Molise11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Acri
17
Provincia CS
Cosenza
14
Provincia CS
Aprigliano
12
Provincia CS
Siculiana
11
Provincia AG
Mistretta
8
Provincia ME
Napoli
8
Provincia NA
Salandra
7
Provincia MT
Cellara
7
Provincia CS
Messina
4
Provincia ME
Capri Leone
4
Provincia ME
Spinoso
4
Provincia PZ
San Giuseppe Jato
3
Provincia PA
Roccabernarda
3
Provincia KR
Verzino
3
Provincia KR
Castrovillari
2
Provincia CS

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Acri	CS	17
Cosenza	CS	14
Aprigliano	CS	12
Siculiana	AG	11
Mistretta	ME	8
Napoli	NA	8
Salandra	MT	7
Cellara	CS	7
Messina	ME	4
Capri Leone	ME	4
Spinoso	PZ	4
San Giuseppe Jato	PA	3
Roccabernarda	KR	3
Verzino	KR	3
Castrovillari	CS	2

Persone notevoli

Notable Piro on Wikipedia

Domenico Piro
IT
1660 · Aprigliano
Francesco Antonio Piro
1702 · Aprigliano
Sergio Piro
IT
1927 · Palma Campania
Franco Piro
IT
1948 · Cosenza
Francesco Piro
IT
1951 · Gela
Imma Piro
IT
1956 · Napoli
Francesco Piro
1957 · Napoli
Nico Piro
IT
1971 · Salerno
Silvana Piro
1972 · Torre del Greco
Ferdinando Piro
EN IT
1977 · Napoli
Pietro Piro
IT
1978 · Termini Imerese
Jenny Piro
IT
1983 · Bari

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Domenico Piro	1660	Aprigliano	IT
Francesco Antonio Piro	1702	Aprigliano
Sergio Piro	1927	Palma Campania	IT
Franco Piro	1948	Cosenza	IT
Francesco Piro	1951	Gela	IT
Imma Piro	1956	Napoli	IT
Francesco Piro	1957	Napoli
Nico Piro	1971	Salerno	IT
Silvana Piro	1972	Torre del Greco
Ferdinando Piro	1977	Napoli	EN IT
Pietro Piro	1978	Termini Imerese	IT
Jenny Piro	1983	Bari	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 piro

2 US arrivals

Di piro

2 US arrivals

Di'piro

1 US arrivals

Li piro

1 US arrivals

Pirosiro

1 US arrivals

Pirozro

1 US arrivals

Pirro

85 US arrivals

Piron

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 Piro.

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