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Schiavo

The strongest concentration of Schiavo in US arrival records points to Campania, with 84 of 172 arrivals (49 percent) originating there.

172

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

64

Comuni of
origin

12

Regioni
represented

18

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 172
Abruzzo: 17 arrivalsPuglia: 5 arrivalsCalabria: 7 arrivalsCampania: 84 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 1 arrivalsLazio: 3 arrivalsLiguria: 1 arrivalsMolise: 1 arrivalsPiemonte: 1 arrivalsSardegna: 1 arrivalsSicilia: 47 arrivalsVeneto: 4 arrivals

Top regione

Campania

84 of 172
49 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 3
3 to 8
8 to 25
25+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

12 regioni represented

  • Campania8449%
  • Sicilia4727%
  • Abruzzo1710%
  • Calabria74%
  • Puglia53%
  • Veneto42%
  • Lazio32%
  • Liguria11%
  • Sardegna11%
  • Emilia-Romagna11%
  • Molise11%
  • Piemonte11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Schiavo 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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Lo schiavo

28 US arrivals

La schiavo

2 US arrivals

Di schiavo

1 US arrivals

Schiavon

3 US arrivals

Schiavone

309 US arrivals

Schiavoni

39 US arrivals

Schiavona

3 US arrivals

Soschiavo

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 Schiavo.

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