Cognome

Donofrio

The strongest concentration of Donofrio in US arrival records points to Campania, with 52 of 113 arrivals (46 percent) originating there.

113

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 113

Top regione

Campania

52 of 113
46 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 2

2 to 5

5 to 16

16+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

10 regioni represented

Campania5246%
Molise2825%
Abruzzo1312%
Basilicata1110%
Puglia33%
Lazio22%
Toscana11%
Lombardia11%
Calabria11%
Sicilia11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Bonefro
15
Provincia CB
Napoli
11
Provincia NA
Sessa Aurunca
5
Provincia CE
Gesualdo
4
Provincia AV
Roccacasale
3
Provincia AQ
Arienzo
3
Provincia CE
Isernia
3
Provincia IS
Rapone
3
Provincia PZ
Pastorano
3
Provincia CE
Laurenzana
3
Provincia PZ
Villamagna
3
Provincia CH
Caserta
2
Provincia CE
Avellino
2
Provincia AV
Pisticci
2
Provincia MT
Sanza
2
Provincia SA

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Bonefro	CB	15
Napoli	NA	11
Sessa Aurunca	CE	5
Gesualdo	AV	4
Roccacasale	AQ	3
Arienzo	CE	3
Isernia	IS	3
Rapone	PZ	3
Pastorano	CE	3
Laurenzana	PZ	3
Villamagna	CH	3
Caserta	CE	2
Avellino	AV	2
Pisticci	MT	2
Sanza	SA	2

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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Donofri

2 US arrivals

Icoli-donofrio

1 US arrivals

D onofrio

393 US arrivals

D'onofrio

201 US arrivals

D' onofrio

18 US arrivals

Dionofrio

1 US arrivals

Onofrio

146 US arrivals

D'aonofrio

1 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 Donofrio.

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