Cognome

Polito

The strongest concentration of Polito in US arrival records points to Campania, with 109 of 265 arrivals (41 percent) originating there.

265

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

112

Comuni of
origin

12

Regioni
represented

12

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 265
Abruzzo: 5 arrivalsPuglia: 14 arrivalsBasilicata: 4 arrivalsCalabria: 66 arrivalsCampania: 109 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 2 arrivalsLazio: 3 arrivalsLombardia: 5 arrivalsMarche: 3 arrivalsMolise: 7 arrivalsSicilia: 46 arrivalsUmbria: 1 arrivals

Top regione

Campania

109 of 265
41 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 3
3 to 11
11 to 33
33+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

12 regioni represented

  • Campania10941%
  • Calabria6625%
  • Sicilia4617%
  • Puglia145%
  • Molise73%
  • Lombardia52%
  • Abruzzo52%
  • Basilicata42%
  • Lazio31%
  • Marche31%
  • Emilia-Romagna21%
  • Umbria10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Polito on Wikipedia

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 polito

7 US arrivals

Politotto

2 US arrivals

Pollito

2 US arrivals

Politto

1 US arrivals

Del polito

3 US arrivals

Policito

1 US arrivals

Politore

1 US arrivals

Politi

79 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 Polito.

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