Cognome

Urso

The strongest concentration of Urso in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 106 of 204 arrivals (52 percent) originating there.

204

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 204

Top regione

Sicilia

106 of 204
52 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 3

3 to 11

11 to 32

32+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

12 regioni represented

Sicilia10652%
Calabria5225%
Piemonte136%
Campania105%
Veneto52%
Liguria42%
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol42%
Basilicata42%
Abruzzo21%
Puglia21%
Lombardia10%
Toscana10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

San Giovanni in Fiore
16
Provincia CS
Licata
15
Provincia AG
Ciminna
11
Provincia PA
Ribera
11
Provincia AG
Palermo
10
Provincia PA
Alessandria
9
Provincia AL
Rende
5
Provincia CS
Siracusa
5
Provincia SR
Cosenza
4
Provincia CS
Catanzaro
4
Provincia CZ
Trabia
4
Provincia PA
Ventimiglia
4
Provincia IM
Trapani
4
Provincia TP
Castelnuovo
4
Provincia TN
Fiumedinisi
4
Provincia ME

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
San Giovanni in Fiore	CS	16
Licata	AG	15
Ciminna	PA	11
Ribera	AG	11
Palermo	PA	10
Alessandria	AL	9
Rende	CS	5
Siracusa	SR	5
Cosenza	CS	4
Catanzaro	CZ	4
Trabia	PA	4
Ventimiglia	IM	4
Trapani	TP	4
Castelnuovo	TN	4
Fiumedinisi	ME	4

Persone notevoli

Notable Urso on Wikipedia

Franco d'Urso
IT
1900 · Catania
Giacinto Urso
EN IT
1925 · Lecce
Salvatore Urso
IT
1925 · Aci Sant'Antonio
Paolo Urso
IT
1940 · Acireale
Adolfo Urso
EN IT
1957 · Padova
Gianpaolo Urso
1966 · Milano
Giulia Urso
1983 · Reggio Emilia
Francesco Urso
EN IT
1994 · Fano
Alberto Urso
EN IT
1997 · Messina

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Franco d'Urso	1900	Catania	IT
Giacinto Urso	1925	Lecce	EN IT
Salvatore Urso	1925	Aci Sant'Antonio	IT
Paolo Urso	1940	Acireale	IT
Adolfo Urso	1957	Padova	EN IT
Gianpaolo Urso	1966	Milano
Giulia Urso	1983	Reggio Emilia
Francesco Urso	1994	Fano	EN IT
Alberto Urso	1997	Messina	EN 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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D urso

114 US arrivals

D'urso

55 US arrivals

D' urso

8 US arrivals

B'urso

1 US arrivals

Di urso

4 US arrivals

Ursso

1 US arrivals

Del urso

1 US arrivals

Urso russo

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 Urso.

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