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Benedetto

The strongest concentration of Benedetto in US arrival records points to Campania, with 85 of 367 arrivals (23 percent) originating there.

367

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

160

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 367

Top regione

Campania

85 of 367
23 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 3

3 to 9

9 to 26

26+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

16 regioni represented

Campania8523%
Puglia6919%
Basilicata5816%
Calabria4111%
Sicilia288%
Piemonte257%
Abruzzo216%
Molise123%
Marche62%
Lazio62%
Lombardia51%
Toscana31%
Friuli-Venezia Giulia21%
Umbria21%
Veneto21%
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol21%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Faeto
46
Provincia FG
Pisticci
19
Provincia MT
Scilla
16
Provincia RC
Bucciano
14
Provincia BN
Toritto
12
Provincia BA
Napoli
10
Provincia NA
Potenza
8
Provincia PZ
Ancona
6
Provincia AN
Laurenzana
6
Provincia PZ
Forenza
5
Provincia PZ
Campobasso
5
Provincia CB
Craco
5
Provincia MT
Airola
5
Provincia BN
Biella
5
Provincia BI
Positano
4
Provincia SA

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Faeto	FG	46
Pisticci	MT	19
Scilla	RC	16
Bucciano	BN	14
Toritto	BA	12
Napoli	NA	10
Potenza	PZ	8
Ancona	AN	6
Laurenzana	PZ	6
Forenza	PZ	5
Campobasso	CB	5
Craco	MT	5
Airola	BN	5
Biella	BI	5
Positano	SA	4

Persone notevoli

Notable Benedetto on Wikipedia

Alonzo di Benedetto
IT
1664 · Catania
Luigi Foscolo Benedetto
IT
1886 · Cumiana
Enzo Benedetto
EN IT
1905 · Reggio Calabria
Lino Benedetto
IT
1911 · Napoli
Umberto Benedetto
IT
1915 · Patti
Umberto Benedetto
1930 · Patti
Michele Benedetto
IT
1941 · Torino
Sergio Benedetto
1945 · Torino
Enrico Benedetto
IT
1956 · Torino
Carola Benedetto
1975 · Torino
Giovanni Benedetto
IT
Crema
Tommaso Benedetto
Pesaro

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Alonzo di Benedetto	1664	Catania	IT
Luigi Foscolo Benedetto	1886	Cumiana	IT
Enzo Benedetto	1905	Reggio Calabria	EN IT
Lino Benedetto	1911	Napoli	IT
Umberto Benedetto	1915	Patti	IT
Umberto Benedetto	1930	Patti
Michele Benedetto	1941	Torino	IT
Sergio Benedetto	1945	Torino
Enrico Benedetto	1956	Torino	IT
Carola Benedetto	1975	Torino
Giovanni Benedetto		Crema	IT
Tommaso Benedetto		Pesaro

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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Di benedetto

527 US arrivals

De benedetto

56 US arrivals

Bennedetto

1 US arrivals

Benedeto

4 US arrivals

Benedett

1 US arrivals

Dio benedetto

2 US arrivals

San benedetto

1 US arrivals

Benedetti

283 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 Benedetto.

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