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Garofano

The strongest concentration of Garofano in US arrival records points to Campania, with 29 of 44 arrivals (66 percent) originating there.

44

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

32

Comuni of
origin

8

Regioni
represented

4

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 44
Abruzzo: 1 arrivalsPuglia: 4 arrivalsBasilicata: 1 arrivalsCalabria: 2 arrivalsCampania: 29 arrivalsMarche: 1 arrivalsMolise: 1 arrivalsSicilia: 5 arrivals

Top regione

Campania

29 of 44
66 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 1
1 to 3
3 to 9
9+

Persone notevoli

Notable Garofano on Wikipedia

  • Francesco Garofano

    1800 · Caiazzo

  • Tony Garofano

    EN

    1885 · Italia

  • Luciano Garofano

    IT

    1953 · Roma

  • Davide Garofano

    IT

    1974 · Alghero

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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Garofani

6 US arrivals

Garofaro

9 US arrivals

Garoano

6 US arrivals

Garfano

1 US arrivals

Garofalo

657 US arrivals

Carofano

44 US arrivals

Garofali

16 US arrivals

Garofato

4 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 Garofano.

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

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