Calabro History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Italy

From the ancient and beautiful Italian island of Sicily emerged a variety of distinguished names, including the notable surname Calabro. Although people were originally known only by a single name, it became necessary for people to adopt a second name to identify themselves as populations grew and travel became more frequent. The process of adopting fixed hereditary surnames was not complete until the modern era, but the use of hereditary family names in Italy began in the 10th and 11th centuries. Italian hereditary surnames were developed according to fairly general principles and they were characterized by a profusion of derivatives coined from given names. Although the most traditional type of family name found in the region of Sicily is the patronymic surname, which is derived from the father's given name, local surnames are also found. Local names, which are the least frequent of the major types of surnames found in Italy, are derived from a place-name where the original bearer once resided or held land. Often Italian local surnames bore the prefix "di," which signifies emigration from one place to another, and does not necessarily denote nobility. The Calabro family lived in Viterbo.

Early Origins of the Calabro family

The surname Calabro was first found in the southern region of Sicily.

Early History of the Calabro family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Calabro research. The years 1656, 1659, 1664, 1666, 1669, 1750 and 1804 are included under the topic Early Calabro History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Calabro Spelling Variations

Italian surnames come in far more variations than the names of most other nationalities. Regional traditions and dialects are a decisive factor in this characteristic. For example, northern names tend to end in "o", while southern in "i". Also important, but not unique to Italy, was the fact that before dictionaries and the printing press most scribes simply spelled words according to their sounds. The predictable result was an enormous number of spelling variations. The recorded spellings of Calabro include Calabria, Calabrèse, Calabrese, Calabrèsi, Calabresi, Càlabri, Calabri, Calabra, Calabrètta, Calabretta, Calabr and many more.

Early Notables of the Calabro family

Prominent among bearers of this surname in early times was

Vincenzo Calabro, who was a civic senator in Messina in 1656, 1659, and in 1664...
Giuseppe Calabro held this position in 1666 and 1669, and another Giuseppe Calabro took over in 1750...

Calabro Ranking

In the United States, the name Calabro is the 9,258^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Calabro migration to the United States +

An examination of many early immigration records reveals that people bearing the name Calabro arrived in North America very early:

Calabro Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Vincent Calabro, who arrived in Mississippi in 1891 2

Calabro Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Antonino Calabro, aged 17, who landed in America from Branealeone, Italy, in 1904
Angela Calabro, aged 35, who landed in America from Oliveri, Italy, in 1907
Anna Calabro, aged 24, who settled in America from S. Eufernia, Italy, in 1907
Andrea Calabro, aged 26, who settled in America from Carlentini, Italy, in 1908
Aihorio Calabro, aged 31, who landed in America from Delia, Sicily, in 1910
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Calabro (post 1700) +

Sal Calabro, American cosmetic surgeon based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Louis Calabro (1926-1991), Italian American orchestral composer, born in Brooklyn, New York who studied piano and composition at Juilliard School of Music
Kevin Calabro (b. 1956), American play-by-play announcer and talk show host based in Seattle, Washington
Neill Calabro (b. 1960), American screenwriter, film director, actor, and musician
Marian Calabro, American author and publisher of history books
Thomas F. Calabro (b. 1959), American actor and director
Raffaele Calabro (1940-2017), Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Andria (1988–2016)
Juan Carlos Calabró (1934-2013), Argentine actor and comedian from Buenos Aires, Argentina
Iliana Calabró (b. 1966), Argentine actress
Richard Calabro (b. 1979), English born actor from Yorkshire, known for his work on the long running drama Children's Ward (1989) and later on Coronation Street (1960)
... (Another 2 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)