Cognome

Franco

The strongest concentration of Franco in US arrival records points to Campania, with 260 of 790 arrivals (33 percent) originating there.

790

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

267

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 790

Top regione

Campania

260 of 790
33 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 8

8 to 26

26 to 78

78+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

17 regioni represented

Campania26033%
Calabria19024%
Sicilia11314%
Basilicata587%
Lazio385%
Abruzzo334%
Puglia324%
Piemonte203%
Molise172%
Liguria81%
Marche71%
Veneto61%
Lombardia30%
Emilia-Romagna20%
Toscana10%
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol10%
Umbria10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Caulonia
38
Provincia RC
Sarno
38
Provincia SA
Pannarano
24
Provincia BN
Tusa
20
Provincia ME
Napoli
19
Provincia NA
Amorosi
19
Provincia BN
Esperia
19
Provincia FR
Bella
17
Provincia PZ
Faicchio
15
Provincia BN
Salerno
14
Provincia SA
Castelgrande
13
Provincia PZ
Gerace
12
Provincia RC
Sepino
12
Provincia CB
Pontecorvo
11
Provincia FR
Altomonte
9
Provincia CS

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Caulonia	RC	38
Sarno	SA	38
Pannarano	BN	24
Tusa	ME	20
Napoli	NA	19
Amorosi	BN	19
Esperia	FR	19
Bella	PZ	17
Faicchio	BN	15
Salerno	SA	14
Castelgrande	PZ	13
Gerace	RC	12
Sepino	CB	12
Pontecorvo	FR	11
Altomonte	CS	9

Persone notevoli

Notable Franco on Wikipedia

Nicolò Franco
EN IT
1425 · Este
Matteo Franco
1447 · Firenze
Alfonso Franco
EN IT
1466 · Messina
Battista Franco
EN IT
1510 · Venezia
Niccolò Franco
EN IT
1515 · Benevento
Onorato Franchi da Ceva ed La Briga (Franco)
1523 · Ceva
Veronica Franco
EN IT
1546 · Venezia
Giacomo Franco
EN IT
1550 · Urbino
Ambrogio Franco
1559 · Arco
Giuseppe Franchi
1565 · Roma
Antonio Franco
EN IT
1585 · Napoli
Giacomo Franco
IT
1818 · Verona
Giovanni Giuseppe Franco
1824 · Torino
Antonio Franco
IT
1832 · Francavilla in Sinni
Pasquale Franco
1852 · Lecce

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Nicolò Franco	1425	Este	EN IT
Matteo Franco	1447	Firenze
Alfonso Franco	1466	Messina	EN IT
Battista Franco	1510	Venezia	EN IT
Niccolò Franco	1515	Benevento	EN IT
Onorato Franchi da Ceva ed La Briga (Franco)	1523	Ceva
Veronica Franco	1546	Venezia	EN IT
Giacomo Franco	1550	Urbino	EN IT
Ambrogio Franco	1559	Arco
Giuseppe Franchi	1565	Roma
Antonio Franco	1585	Napoli	EN IT
Giacomo Franco	1818	Verona	IT
Giovanni Giuseppe Franco	1824	Torino
Antonio Franco	1832	Francavilla in Sinni	IT
Pasquale Franco	1852	Lecce

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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D franco

2 US arrivals

Fi franco

1 US arrivals

Di franco

202 US arrivals

De franco

54 US arrivals

Lo franco

8 US arrivals

La franco

4 US arrivals

Il'franco

1 US arrivals

Francco

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 Franco.

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