Cognome

Pizzo

The strongest concentration of Pizzo in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 95 of 213 arrivals (45 percent) originating there.

213

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

108

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 213

Top regione

Sicilia

95 of 213
45 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 3

3 to 10

10 to 29

29+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

13 regioni represented

Sicilia9545%
Campania4622%
Calabria3014%
Puglia115%
Basilicata105%
Abruzzo52%
Piemonte42%
Lazio31%
Molise31%
Friuli-Venezia Giulia21%
Veneto21%
Marche10%
Lombardia10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Cinisi
22
Provincia PA
Palermo
12
Provincia PA
Belmonte Calabro
11
Provincia CS
Deliceto
7
Provincia FG
Santa Flavia
7
Provincia PA
Misilmeri
6
Provincia PA
Marsala
6
Provincia TP
Alcamo
5
Provincia TP
Caposele
5
Provincia AV
Monreale
4
Provincia PA
Cava de' Tirreni
4
Provincia SA
Messina
4
Provincia ME
Lercara Friddi
4
Provincia PA
Serino
3
Provincia AV
Alessandria
3
Provincia AL

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Cinisi	PA	22
Palermo	PA	12
Belmonte Calabro	CS	11
Deliceto	FG	7
Santa Flavia	PA	7
Misilmeri	PA	6
Marsala	TP	6
Alcamo	TP	5
Caposele	AV	5
Monreale	PA	4
Cava de' Tirreni	SA	4
Messina	ME	4
Lercara Friddi	PA	4
Serino	AV	3
Alessandria	AL	3

Persone notevoli

Notable Pizzo on Wikipedia

Armando Pizzo
IT
1925 · Brescia
Eraldo Pizzo
EN IT
1938 · Genova
Pietro Pizzo
IT
1940 · Marsala
Rosetta Pizzo
IT
1943 · Adria
Gian Filippo Pizzo
IT
1951 · Palermo
Antonio Pizzo
1966 · Napoli
Antonio Pizzo
1971 · Siracusa
Alberto Pizzo
EN IT
1980 · Napoli
Paolo Pizzo
EN IT
1983 · Catania

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Armando Pizzo	1925	Brescia	IT
Eraldo Pizzo	1938	Genova	EN IT
Pietro Pizzo	1940	Marsala	IT
Rosetta Pizzo	1943	Adria	IT
Gian Filippo Pizzo	1951	Palermo	IT
Antonio Pizzo	1966	Napoli
Antonio Pizzo	1971	Siracusa
Alberto Pizzo	1980	Napoli	EN IT
Paolo Pizzo	1983	Catania	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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Di pizzo

5 US arrivals

De pizzo

2 US arrivals

Do pizzo

1 US arrivals

Pizzol

2 US arrivals

Del pizzo

31 US arrivals

Pizo

3 US arrivals

Pizzone

26 US arrivals

Pizzolo

25 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 Pizzo.

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