Cognome

Scotto

The strongest concentration of Scotto in US arrival records points to Campania, with 131 of 162 arrivals (81 percent) originating there.

162

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

35

Comuni of
origin

10

Regioni
represented

13

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 162
Abruzzo: 1 arrivalsBasilicata: 2 arrivalsCalabria: 1 arrivalsCampania: 131 arrivalsLazio: 1 arrivalsLiguria: 1 arrivalsMarche: 1 arrivalsSicilia: 17 arrivalsToscana: 6 arrivalsUmbria: 1 arrivals

Top regione

Campania

131 of 162
81 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 4
4 to 13
13 to 39
39+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

10 regioni represented

  • Campania13181%
  • Sicilia1710%
  • Toscana64%
  • Basilicata21%
  • Umbria11%
  • Liguria11%
  • Marche11%
  • Calabria11%
  • Abruzzo11%
  • Lazio11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Scotto 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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Scotto di

1 US arrivals

Scoto

1 US arrivals

Scottoli

3 US arrivals

Scottodi

2 US arrivals

Scottolo

1 US arrivals

Scottore

1 US arrivals

Scottosi

1 US arrivals

Scovotto

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 Scotto.

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