Cognome

Ganna

The strongest concentration of Ganna in US arrival records points to Piemonte, with 3 of 3 arrivals (100 percent) originating there.

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 3

Top regione

Piemonte

3 of 3
100 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

3 to 5

Persone notevoli

Notable Ganna on Wikipedia

Giuseppe Ganna
1854 · Varese
Luigi Ganna
EN IT
1883 · Induno Olona
Marco Ganna
EN IT
1961 · Verbania
Filippo Ganna
EN IT
1996 · Verbania

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Giuseppe Ganna	1854	Varese
Luigi Ganna	1883	Induno Olona	EN IT
Marco Ganna	1961	Verbania	EN IT
Filippo Ganna	1996	Verbania	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.

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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Gana

4 US arrivals

Gannamo

1 US arrivals

Gannara

1 US arrivals

Gannari

1 US arrivals

Ganni

11 US arrivals

Ganno

2 US arrivals

Gannaroli

1 US arrivals

Gianna

13 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 Ganna.

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Bollengo
2
Provincia TO
Torino
1
Provincia TO

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Bollengo	TO	2
Torino	TO	1

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