Cognome

Bonfiglio

The strongest concentration of Bonfiglio in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 84 of 140 arrivals (60 percent) originating there.

140

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

60

Comuni of
origin

10

Regioni
represented

18

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 140
Abruzzo: 6 arrivalsPuglia: 2 arrivalsCalabria: 34 arrivalsCampania: 7 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 2 arrivalsLazio: 1 arrivalsMarche: 1 arrivalsPiemonte: 2 arrivalsSicilia: 84 arrivalsVeneto: 1 arrivals

Top regione

Sicilia

84 of 140
60 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 3
3 to 8
8 to 25
25+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

10 regioni represented

  • Sicilia8460%
  • Calabria3424%
  • Campania75%
  • Abruzzo64%
  • Piemonte21%
  • Emilia-Romagna21%
  • Puglia21%
  • Lazio11%
  • Veneto11%
  • Marche11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Bonfiglio 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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Bonfigli

7 US arrivals

Bonfiglia

1 US arrivals

Buonfiglio

33 US arrivals

Bonofiglio

31 US arrivals

Bonafiglio

3 US arrivals

Bongfiglio

1 US arrivals

Bounfiglio

1 US arrivals

Bonfilio

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 Bonfiglio.

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