Siano

126 m elevation · Pop. 9,419

Italy

Campania

Salerno

Not the Siano you were looking for? See also: Siziano (Pavia, Lombardia)

Siano is a comune in the provincia of Salerno, Campania with a population of 9,282 as of 2025. Between 1830 and 1912, at least 576 passengers departing from Siano arrived in the United States.

Contact

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PEC

[email protected]

Website

www.comune.siano.sa.it

Address

Piazzale De Gasperi
84088 Siano

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Località

Each Italian comune is divided into località (localities), which include centri abitati (populated centers) and nuclei abitati (smaller settlements).

Centro abitato

AltitudePopulation

Siano126m9,419

Population and Migration

This chart shows annual resident population, US arrivals (1830 to 1912), and international migration (2001 to present). Not all data is available for every period, so gaps are normal.

The population has grown 209% since 1861. US arrivals peaked in 1901 with 137 recorded passengers.

Related guide

Italian Immigration to America

What drove families to leave Siano for America, and what the crossing was like.

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Total US arrivals

576

1830–1912

Peak year

1901

137 arrivals

Cittadinanza per discendenza

Could a line from Siano qualify for Italian citizenship?

Between 1830 and 1912, at least 576 passengers from Siano arrived in the United States. Arrivals peaked in 1901. If one of them is your ancestor, Italy may recognize you as a citizen under jure sanguinis (citizenship by descent).

The birthplace 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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