Cognome

Buono

The strongest concentration of Buono in US arrival records points to Campania, with 155 of 308 arrivals (50 percent) originating there.

308

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

121

Comuni of
origin

13

Regioni
represented

6

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 308
Abruzzo: 14 arrivalsPuglia: 22 arrivalsBasilicata: 40 arrivalsCalabria: 28 arrivalsCampania: 155 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 2 arrivalsLazio: 8 arrivalsLombardia: 3 arrivalsMarche: 1 arrivalsMolise: 4 arrivalsPiemonte: 4 arrivalsSicilia: 26 arrivalsTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol: 1 arrivals

Top regione

Campania

155 of 308
50 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 5
5 to 16
16 to 47
47+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

13 regioni represented

  • Campania15550%
  • Basilicata4013%
  • Calabria289%
  • Sicilia268%
  • Puglia227%
  • Abruzzo145%
  • Lazio83%
  • Piemonte41%
  • Molise41%
  • Lombardia31%
  • Emilia-Romagna21%
  • Marche10%
  • Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Buono 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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Buonono

2 US arrivals

Di buono

52 US arrivals

Lo buono

11 US arrivals

De buono

3 US arrivals

Buondono

1 US arrivals

Buonodono

1 US arrivals

Buonno

2 US arrivals

Del buono

53 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 Buono.

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