Cognome

Porcaro

The strongest concentration of Porcaro in US arrival records points to Campania, with 66 of 138 arrivals (48 percent) originating there.

138

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 138

Top regione

Campania

66 of 138
48 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 2

2 to 7

7 to 20

20+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

10 regioni represented

Campania6648%
Calabria2619%
Sicilia2317%
Piemonte97%
Abruzzo64%
Molise32%
Lombardia21%
Toscana11%
Basilicata11%
Umbria11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Ceppaloni
22
Provincia BN
Rovito
15
Provincia CS
Arpaise
12
Provincia BN
Baucina
11
Provincia PA
Pietrastornina
9
Provincia AV
Napoli
8
Provincia NA
Sambuco
7
Provincia CN
Cosenza
7
Provincia CS
Benevento
6
Provincia BN
Furci
4
Provincia CH
Calamonaci
3
Provincia AG
Palermo
3
Provincia PA
Roccabascerana
3
Provincia AV
Brusciano
2
Provincia NA
Gambatesa
2
Provincia CB

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Ceppaloni	BN	22
Rovito	CS	15
Arpaise	BN	12
Baucina	PA	11
Pietrastornina	AV	9
Napoli	NA	8
Sambuco	CN	7
Cosenza	CS	7
Benevento	BN	6
Furci	CH	4
Calamonaci	AG	3
Palermo	PA	3
Roccabascerana	AV	3
Brusciano	NA	2
Gambatesa	CB	2

Persone notevoli

Notable Porcaro on Wikipedia

Giorgio Porcaro
IT
1952 · Benevento
Rosalia Porcaro
EN IT
1966 · Casoria
Domenica Porcaro Massafra
Pietrastornina

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Giorgio Porcaro	1952	Benevento	IT
Rosalia Porcaro	1966	Casoria	EN IT
Domenica Porcaro Massafra		Pietrastornina

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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Porcari

24 US arrivals

Porcara

1 US arrivals

Porcard

1 US arrivals

Porca

8 US arrivals

Porcario

5 US arrivals

Porticaro

2 US arrivals

Pocaro

1 US arrivals

Porcai

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 Porcaro.

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