Cognome

Serafino

The strongest concentration of Serafino in US arrival records points to Abruzzo, with 36 of 158 arrivals (23 percent) originating there.

158

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

91

Comuni of
origin

14

Regioni
represented

4

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 158
Abruzzo: 36 arrivalsPuglia: 9 arrivalsBasilicata: 9 arrivalsCalabria: 20 arrivalsCampania: 29 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 1 arrivalsFriuli-Venezia Giulia: 1 arrivalsLazio: 14 arrivalsLiguria: 1 arrivalsMarche: 2 arrivalsMolise: 20 arrivalsPiemonte: 9 arrivalsSicilia: 6 arrivalsToscana: 1 arrivals

Top regione

Abruzzo

36 of 158
23 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
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< 1
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Cittadinanza per discendenza

Could your Serafino line qualify for Italian citizenship?

The largest share of Serafino arrivals came from Abruzzo, most often from the provincia of Chieti. If one of them is your ancestor, Italy may recognize you as a citizen under jure sanguinis (citizenship by descent).

The surname alone does not decide it. Each generation between that ancestor and you does: who naturalized, and when. Since the 2025 law, the number of generations matters too.

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A Serafino from Abruzzo

Most often from Chieti (CH)

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Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

14 regioni represented

  • Abruzzo3623%
  • Campania2918%
  • Molise2013%
  • Calabria2013%
  • Lazio149%
  • Piemonte96%
  • Puglia96%
  • Basilicata96%
  • Sicilia64%
  • Marche21%
  • Emilia-Romagna11%
  • Liguria11%
  • Friuli-Venezia Giulia11%
  • Toscana11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Serafino 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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Di serafino

10 US arrivals

Serrafino

2 US arrivals

Serafinno

1 US arrivals

Serafin

1 US arrivals

Serafini

190 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 Serafino.