Cognome

Francesco

The strongest concentration of Francesco in US arrival records points to Campania, with 63 of 203 arrivals (31 percent) originating there.

203

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

159

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 203

Top regione

Campania

63 of 203
31 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 2

2 to 6

6 to 19

19+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

16 regioni represented

Campania6331%
Calabria4221%
Sicilia2814%
Abruzzo147%
Molise136%
Basilicata105%
Puglia94%
Piemonte73%
Lazio42%
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol21%
Liguria21%
Emilia-Romagna21%
Toscana21%
Marche21%
Lombardia21%
Umbria10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Licata
4
Provincia AG
Palermo
3
Provincia PA
Napoli
3
Provincia NA
Amantea
3
Provincia CS
Scilla
3
Provincia RC
Serino
3
Provincia AV
Salerno
3
Provincia SA
Maddaloni
3
Provincia CE
Spinoso
3
Provincia PZ
Benevento
3
Provincia BN
Apollosa
3
Provincia BN
Lipari
2
Provincia ME
Guardiagrele
2
Provincia CH
Taverna
2
Provincia CZ
Avellino
2
Provincia AV

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Licata	AG	4
Palermo	PA	3
Napoli	NA	3
Amantea	CS	3
Scilla	RC	3
Serino	AV	3
Salerno	SA	3
Maddaloni	CE	3
Spinoso	PZ	3
Benevento	BN	3
Apollosa	BN	3
Lipari	ME	2
Guardiagrele	CH	2
Taverna	CZ	2
Avellino	AV	2

Persone notevoli

Notable Francesco on Wikipedia

Giovanni di Francesco
EN IT
1412 · Arezzo

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Giovanni di Francesco	1412	Arezzo	EN 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.

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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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D'francesco

2 US arrivals

Co francesco

1 US arrivals

D francesco

1 US arrivals

G francesco

1 US arrivals

Di francesco

415 US arrivals

De francesco

226 US arrivals

La francesco

7 US arrivals

Lo francesco

2 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 Francesco.

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