Cognome

Salerno

The strongest concentration of Salerno in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 278 of 847 arrivals (33 percent) originating there.

847

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

267

Comuni of
origin

15

Regioni
represented

1

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 847
Abruzzo: 23 arrivalsPuglia: 26 arrivalsBasilicata: 72 arrivalsCalabria: 162 arrivalsCampania: 213 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 4 arrivalsLazio: 36 arrivalsLiguria: 2 arrivalsLombardia: 3 arrivalsMarche: 5 arrivalsMolise: 7 arrivalsPiemonte: 5 arrivalsSicilia: 278 arrivalsToscana: 7 arrivalsVeneto: 4 arrivals

Top regione

Sicilia

278 of 847
33 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 8
8 to 28
28 to 83
83+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

15 regioni represented

  • Sicilia27833%
  • Campania21325%
  • Calabria16219%
  • Basilicata729%
  • Lazio364%
  • Puglia263%
  • Abruzzo233%
  • Toscana71%
  • Molise71%
  • Marche51%
  • Piemonte51%
  • Emilia-Romagna40%
  • Veneto40%
  • Lombardia30%
  • Liguria20%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Salerno 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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Salern

1 US arrivals

Sarlo salerno

1 US arrivals

Salernino

2 US arrivals

Salerneno

1 US arrivals

Salerni

43 US arrivals

Salerna

2 US arrivals

Salierno

36 US arrivals

Dsalerno

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 Salerno.

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