Cognome

Alessandro

The strongest concentration of Alessandro in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 59 of 148 arrivals (40 percent) originating there.

148

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 148

Top regione

Sicilia

59 of 148
40 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 2

2 to 6

6 to 18

18+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

12 regioni represented

Sicilia5940%
Campania3423%
Calabria139%
Lazio128%
Abruzzo117%
Basilicata53%
Puglia53%
Molise43%
Emilia-Romagna21%
Piemonte11%
Lombardia11%
Toscana11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Roscigno
16
Provincia SA
Patti
8
Provincia ME
Alia
8
Provincia PA
Caltagirone
5
Provincia CT
Caltanissetta
5
Provincia CL
Castelforte
4
Provincia LT
San Cono
4
Provincia CT
Serradifalco
4
Provincia CL
Alvito
3
Provincia FR
Camporeale
3
Provincia PA
Palermo
3
Provincia PA
Castelvetrano
3
Provincia TP
Polia
3
Provincia VV
Camposano
2
Provincia NA
Laurenzana
2
Provincia PZ

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Roscigno	SA	16
Patti	ME	8
Alia	PA	8
Caltagirone	CT	5
Caltanissetta	CL	5
Castelforte	LT	4
San Cono	CT	4
Serradifalco	CL	4
Alvito	FR	3
Camporeale	PA	3
Palermo	PA	3
Castelvetrano	TP	3
Polia	VV	3
Camposano	NA	2
Laurenzana	PZ	2

Persone notevoli

Notable Alessandro on Wikipedia

Bruno Alessandro
IT
1935 · Sant'Agostino
Lillo Alessandro
1937 · Itala
Antonella Alessandro
IT
1963 · Torino
Danilo Alessandro
EN
1988 · Roma

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Bruno Alessandro	1935	Sant'Agostino	IT
Lillo Alessandro	1937	Itala
Antonella Alessandro	1963	Torino	IT
Danilo Alessandro	1988	Roma	EN

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.

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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 alessandro

526 US arrivals

D'alessandro

237 US arrivals

D' alessandro

11 US arrivals

S alessandro

2 US arrivals

Di alessandro

7 US arrivals

De alessandro

4 US arrivals

D'alesssandro

1 US arrivals

Alesandro

5 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 Alessandro.

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