Cognome

Cantone

The strongest concentration of Cantone in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 51 of 100 arrivals (51 percent) originating there.

100

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

48

Comuni of
origin

8

Regioni
represented

13

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 100
Abruzzo: 2 arrivalsBasilicata: 6 arrivalsCalabria: 2 arrivalsCampania: 32 arrivalsLazio: 1 arrivalsMolise: 3 arrivalsPiemonte: 3 arrivalsSicilia: 51 arrivals

Top regione

Sicilia

51 of 100
51 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 2
2 to 5
5 to 15
15+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

8 regioni represented

  • Sicilia5151%
  • Campania3232%
  • Basilicata66%
  • Molise33%
  • Piemonte33%
  • Abruzzo22%
  • Calabria22%
  • Lazio11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Cantone 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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Cannantone

3 US arrivals

Canton

4 US arrivals

Cantoni

25 US arrivals

Cantono

7 US arrivals

Cantona

1 US arrivals

Cantonelli

1 US arrivals

Canto

25 US arrivals

Cantrone

3 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 Cantone.

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