Nino History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Spain

The Nino surname was a nickname from Spanish word "niño," meaning "child;" which was a common first name for a first-born son.

Early Origins of the Nino family

The surname Nino was first found in Catalonia, in northeastern Spain.

Early History of the Nino family

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Nino Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Nino, Ninio, Ninyo and others.

Early Notables of the Nino family

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Nino Ranking

In the United States, the name Nino is the 6,111^st most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 1

Nino migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Nino Settlers in United States in the 16th Century

Alonso Nino, who arrived in America in 1526
Alonso Nino, who was among passengers who left for "Spanish America" in 1526
Rodrigo Nino, who was recorded in Peru in 1578
Martin Nino, who settled in New Granada in 1588
Juana Nino, who settled in New Spain in 1596
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Nino Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

C. Nino, who settled in Baltimore in 1822
Alonso Nino, who landed in America in 1826 2
John Nino, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1855 2
John Nino, who settled in San Francisco in 1855
Manuel Nino, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1860 2

Nino migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 3

Nino Settlers in West Indies in the 16th Century

Andres Nino, who arrived in Dominican Republic in 1539

Contemporary Notables of the name Nino (post 1700) +

Nino DeFranco (b. 1955), Canadian keyboardist, member of The DeFranco Family, featuring Tony DeFranco, a Canadian pop music group, active in the 1970s
Nino Cotone, American composer, known for Something to Do with Death (2018)
Nino Cerruti (1930-2022), Italian businessman and stylist, founder of the haute couture house, Cerruti, in 1967 in Paris, manager of the Italian family business Lanificio Fratelli Cerruti, which was founded in 1881 by his grandfather
Nino Alberto Arbasino (1930-2020), Italian writer and essayist
Nino Tempo (b. 1935), Grammy award-winning American musician, singer, and actor 4
Nino Oliviero (1918-1980), Italian Academy Award nominated composer
Nino Bongiovanni (1912-2009), American Major League Baseball baseball player who played two seasons for the Cincinnati Reds (1938 and 1939)
Nino Pavese (1904-1979), Italian film actor who appeared in 49 films between 1936 and 1973
Nino Culotta (1907-1981), pen name of John Patrick O'Grady, an Australian writer, known for his comic novel They're a Weird Mob (1957) and the poem The Integrated Adjective
Nino Randazzo (b. 1932), Italian-born, Australian politician

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)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
Nino Tempo. (Retrieved 2011, January 20) Nino Tempo. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nino_Tempo