Cognome

Alfano

The strongest concentration of Alfano in US arrival records points to Campania, with 143 of 402 arrivals (36 percent) originating there.

402

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

152

Comuni of
origin

12

Regioni
represented

25

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 402
Abruzzo: 5 arrivalsPuglia: 7 arrivalsBasilicata: 17 arrivalsCalabria: 73 arrivalsCampania: 143 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 8 arrivalsFriuli-Venezia Giulia: 2 arrivalsLazio: 6 arrivalsMolise: 2 arrivalsPiemonte: 11 arrivalsSicilia: 124 arrivalsToscana: 4 arrivals

Top regione

Campania

143 of 402
36 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 4
4 to 14
14 to 43
43+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

12 regioni represented

  • Campania14336%
  • Sicilia12431%
  • Calabria7318%
  • Basilicata174%
  • Piemonte113%
  • Emilia-Romagna82%
  • Puglia72%
  • Lazio61%
  • Abruzzo51%
  • Toscana41%
  • Friuli-Venezia Giulia20%
  • Molise20%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Alfano on Wikipedia

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.

Related guide

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 alfano

4 US arrivals

D'alfano

3 US arrivals

Alfanano

1 US arrivals

Alfanno

1 US arrivals

Alfarano

20 US arrivals

Alfavano

2 US arrivals

Alfaiano

1 US arrivals

Alfanore

1 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 Alfano.

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