Show ContentsSorgi History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

It is generally thought that the Sorgi surname is habitational, deriving from an Italian place name. Perhaps, for example from the town of Seregno, in the province of Milan, Lombardy, Italy

Early Origins of the Sorgi family

The surname Sorgi was first found in Lombardy (Italian: Lombardia), a territorial, industrialized division of Italy south of the Alps.Milan is the chief city, followed by Mortera, Pavia and Mantua. Silk is the principal trade. This well traveled surname is claimed to be originally of Bergamo. In those ancient times only persons of rank, the podesta, clergy, city officials, army officers, artists, landowners were entered into the records. To be recorded at this time, at the beginning of recorded history, was of itself a great distinction and indicative of noble ancestry.

Early History of the Sorgi family

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Sorgi Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Sirignano, Serigano, Siriani, Sirianni, Sergni, Seregno, Serini, Sereno, Serenari, Sergnano, Serego and many more.

Early Notables of the Sorgi family

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United States Sorgi migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Sorgi Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Josefa Sorgi, who settled in Baltimore in 1893
  • Alois Sorgi, who settled in Baltimore in 1893
  • Alois Sorgi, aged 9, who landed in Baltimore, Maryland in 1893 1
  • Josefa Sorgi, aged 30, who arrived in Baltimore, Maryland in 1893 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Sorgi (post 1700) +

  • James Joseph "Jim" Sorgi Jr. (b. 1980), former American NFL football quarterback


  1. 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)


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