Cognome

Bonanno

The strongest concentration of Bonanno in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 271 of 333 arrivals (81 percent) originating there.

333

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

115

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 333

Top regione

Sicilia

271 of 333
81 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 8

8 to 27

27 to 81

81+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

14 regioni represented

Sicilia27181%
Calabria165%
Campania155%
Lazio52%
Abruzzo52%
Basilicata41%
Emilia-Romagna41%
Puglia41%
Piemonte31%
Veneto21%
Friuli-Venezia Giulia10%
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol10%
Liguria10%
Marche10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Messina
39
Provincia ME
Palermo
24
Provincia PA
Misilmeri
12
Provincia PA
Catania
12
Provincia CT
Cerami
10
Provincia EN
Ciminna
10
Provincia PA
Mezzojuso
9
Provincia PA
Chiusa Sclafani
9
Provincia PA
Nicosia
9
Provincia EN
Gibellina
8
Provincia TP
Corleone
8
Provincia PA
Castelvetrano
7
Provincia TP
Regalbuto
7
Provincia EN
Gratteri
6
Provincia PA
Furnari
6
Provincia ME

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Messina	ME	39
Palermo	PA	24
Misilmeri	PA	12
Catania	CT	12
Cerami	EN	10
Ciminna	PA	10
Mezzojuso	PA	9
Chiusa Sclafani	PA	9
Nicosia	EN	9
Gibellina	TP	8
Corleone	PA	8
Castelvetrano	TP	7
Regalbuto	EN	7
Gratteri	PA	6
Furnari	ME	6

Persone notevoli

Notable Bonanno on Wikipedia

Rinaldo Bonanno
EN IT
1545 · Raccuja
Giovanna Bonanno
EN IT
1713 · Palermo
Gaetano Bonanno
IT
1728 · Siracusa
Gioacchino Bonanno
1817 · Palermo
Pietro Bonanno
IT
1863 · Palermo
Joseph Bonanno
EN IT
1905 · Castellammare del Golfo
Giovanni Bonanno
IT
1925 · Palermo
Alfredo Maria Bonanno
EN IT
1937 · Catania
Giovanni Bonanno
1943 · Palermo
Maria Grazia Bonanno
1943 · Messina
Leonardo Bonanno
IT
1947 · San Giovanni in Fiore
Adriana Bonanno
1959 · Palermo
Giuseppe Bonanno
IT
1966 · Messina
Giovanni Bonanno
EN
1968 · Roma
Serena Bonanno
IT
1978 · Roma

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Rinaldo Bonanno	1545	Raccuja	EN IT
Giovanna Bonanno	1713	Palermo	EN IT
Gaetano Bonanno	1728	Siracusa	IT
Gioacchino Bonanno	1817	Palermo
Pietro Bonanno	1863	Palermo	IT
Joseph Bonanno	1905	Castellammare del Golfo	EN IT
Giovanni Bonanno	1925	Palermo	IT
Alfredo Maria Bonanno	1937	Catania	EN IT
Giovanni Bonanno	1943	Palermo
Maria Grazia Bonanno	1943	Messina
Leonardo Bonanno	1947	San Giovanni in Fiore	IT
Adriana Bonanno	1959	Palermo
Giuseppe Bonanno	1966	Messina	IT
Giovanni Bonanno	1968	Roma	EN
Serena Bonanno	1978	Roma	IT

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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Bonnanno

1 US arrivals

Bonano

32 US arrivals

Bonanni

70 US arrivals

Bonanne

3 US arrivals

Bonanna

2 US arrivals

Bonno

6 US arrivals

Bonan

1 US arrivals

Buonanno

69 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 Bonanno.

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