Cognome

Porto

The strongest concentration of Porto in US arrival records points to Campania, with 47 of 103 arrivals (46 percent) originating there.

103

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 103

Top regione

Campania

47 of 103
46 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 1

1 to 5

5 to 14

14+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

10 regioni represented

Campania4746%
Sicilia3231%
Calabria88%
Molise44%
Liguria44%
Lombardia33%
Abruzzo22%
Puglia11%
Veneto11%
Toscana11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Faicchio
32
Provincia BN
Caccamo
21
Provincia PA
Isernia
4
Provincia IS
Benevento
4
Provincia BN
Catania
3
Provincia CT
Fascia
3
Provincia GE
Rende
3
Provincia CS
Palermo
3
Provincia PA
Paterno Calabro
2
Provincia CS
Napoli
2
Provincia NA
Borgetto
1
Provincia PA
Molfetta
1
Provincia BA
Terrasini
1
Provincia PA
Santa Flavia
1
Provincia PA
Trevignano
1
Provincia TV

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Faicchio	BN	32
Caccamo	PA	21
Isernia	IS	4
Benevento	BN	4
Catania	CT	3
Fascia	GE	3
Rende	CS	3
Palermo	PA	3
Paterno Calabro	CS	2
Napoli	NA	2
Borgetto	PA	1
Molfetta	BA	1
Terrasini	PA	1
Santa Flavia	PA	1
Trevignano	TV	1

Persone notevoli

Notable Porto on Wikipedia

Girolamo Porto
1671 · Vicenza
Nino Porto
IT
1912 · Catania
Baldassare Porto
EN IT
1923 · Catania
Mario Porto
IT
1959 · Catania
Massimiliano Porto
1984 · Caserta

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Girolamo Porto	1671	Vicenza
Nino Porto	1912	Catania	IT
Baldassare Porto	1923	Catania	EN IT
Mario Porto	1959	Catania	IT
Massimiliano Porto	1984	Caserta

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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Lo porto

18 US arrivals

La porto

2 US arrivals

Da porto

1 US arrivals

Dal porto

21 US arrivals

Del porto

7 US arrivals

Leo porto

1 US arrivals

Portore

6 US arrivals

Portone

3 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 Porto.

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