Cognome

Salvo

The strongest concentration of Salvo in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 92 of 186 arrivals (49 percent) originating there.

186

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 186

Top regione

Sicilia

92 of 186
49 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 3

3 to 9

9 to 28

28+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

13 regioni represented

Sicilia9249%
Campania4323%
Calabria148%
Emilia-Romagna126%
Piemonte63%
Molise53%
Abruzzo32%
Lombardia21%
Basilicata21%
Liguria21%
Lazio21%
Marche21%
Veneto11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Siculiana
11
Provincia AG
Saponara
10
Provincia ME
Andretta
9
Provincia AV
Marsala
9
Provincia TP
Racalmuto
7
Provincia AG
Atripalda
7
Provincia AV
Cattolica
6
Provincia RN
Castroreale
5
Provincia ME
Montedoro
5
Provincia CL
Capri Leone
5
Provincia ME
Palermo
5
Provincia PA
Castelvetrano
5
Provincia TP
Alessandria
4
Provincia AL
Salerno
4
Provincia SA
Controne
4
Provincia SA

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Siculiana	AG	11
Saponara	ME	10
Andretta	AV	9
Marsala	TP	9
Racalmuto	AG	7
Atripalda	AV	7
Cattolica	RN	6
Castroreale	ME	5
Montedoro	CL	5
Capri Leone	ME	5
Palermo	PA	5
Castelvetrano	TP	5
Alessandria	AL	4
Salerno	SA	4
Controne	SA	4

Persone notevoli

Notable Salvo on Wikipedia

Rosario Salvo
1823 · Termini Imerese
Maurizio Salvo
1840 · Porto Maurizio
Giuseppe Salvo Cozzo
1856 · Agrigento
Pietro Salvo
IT
1891 · Porto Maurizio
Franco Salvo
1916 · Palermo
Antonino Salvo
EN IT
1929 · Salemi
Mario Salvo
1954 · Roma
Vitulia Ivone
1963 · Salerno
Giovanni Salvo
IT
1978 · Montedoro

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Rosario Salvo	1823	Termini Imerese
Maurizio Salvo	1840	Porto Maurizio
Giuseppe Salvo Cozzo	1856	Agrigento
Pietro Salvo	1891	Porto Maurizio	IT
Franco Salvo	1916	Palermo
Antonino Salvo	1929	Salemi	EN IT
Mario Salvo	1954	Roma
Vitulia Ivone	1963	Salerno
Giovanni Salvo	1978	Montedoro	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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Si salvo

2 US arrivals

Di salvo

371 US arrivals

De salvo

44 US arrivals

Lo salvo

5 US arrivals

Del salvo

1 US arrivals

Salvoni

3 US arrivals

Salvoso

2 US arrivals

Salvoti

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 Salvo.

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