Cognome

Balsamo

The strongest concentration of Balsamo in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 110 of 180 arrivals (61 percent) originating there.

180

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

56

Comuni of
origin

8

Regioni
represented

23

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 180
Puglia: 3 arrivalsBasilicata: 5 arrivalsCalabria: 13 arrivalsCampania: 37 arrivalsLazio: 10 arrivalsLombardia: 1 arrivalsPiemonte: 1 arrivalsSicilia: 110 arrivals

Top regione

Sicilia

110 of 180
61 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 3
3 to 11
11 to 33
33+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

8 regioni represented

  • Sicilia11061%
  • Campania3721%
  • Calabria137%
  • Lazio106%
  • Basilicata53%
  • Puglia32%
  • Piemonte11%
  • Lombardia11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Balsamo 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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Balsama

3 US arrivals

Balsame

2 US arrivals

Balsami

1 US arrivals

Abalsamo

2 US arrivals

Balsamia

1 US arrivals

Balsamini

5 US arrivals

Basamo

2 US arrivals

Alsamo

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 Balsamo.

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