Cognome

Gennaro

The strongest concentration of Gennaro in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 145 of 246 arrivals (59 percent) originating there.

246

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 246

Top regione

Sicilia

145 of 246
59 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 4

4 to 15

15 to 44

44+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

15 regioni represented

Sicilia14559%
Campania3615%
Abruzzo239%
Calabria187%
Basilicata42%
Emilia-Romagna31%
Liguria31%
Puglia31%
Veneto21%
Umbria21%
Molise21%
Piemonte21%
Marche10%
Lazio10%
Lombardia10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Petralia Soprana
22
Provincia PA
Bugnara
17
Provincia AQ
Corleone
16
Provincia PA
Sciacca
15
Provincia AG
Partanna
12
Provincia TP
Menfi
7
Provincia AG
Palermo
6
Provincia PA
Petralia Sottana
6
Provincia PA
Bompietro
5
Provincia PA
Siracusa
5
Provincia SR
Napoli
5
Provincia NA
Castelvetrano
5
Provincia TP
Castelbuono
4
Provincia PA
Reggio di Calabria
4
Provincia RC
Valledolmo
4
Provincia PA

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Petralia Soprana	PA	22
Bugnara	AQ	17
Corleone	PA	16
Sciacca	AG	15
Partanna	TP	12
Menfi	AG	7
Palermo	PA	6
Petralia Sottana	PA	6
Bompietro	PA	5
Siracusa	SR	5
Napoli	NA	5
Castelvetrano	TP	5
Castelbuono	PA	4
Reggio di Calabria	RC	4
Valledolmo	PA	4

Persone notevoli

Notable Gennaro on Wikipedia

Gennaro D'Andrea
1637 · Napoli
Giorgio Gennaro
IT
1866 · Sicilia
Antonino Gennaro
1902 · Modica
Bruno Gennaro
IT
1918 · Genova
Clara Gennaro
1938 · Roma
Vincenzo Gennaro
IT
1944 · Petralia Soprana
Domenico Gennaro
IT
1948 · Catania
Accursio Gennaro
1951 · Sciacca
Nicola Gennaro
IT
1968 · Este
Lucrezia Gennaro
EN
2001 · Treviso
Mario Gennaro
Campi Salentina

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Gennaro D'Andrea	1637	Napoli
Giorgio Gennaro	1866	Sicilia	IT
Antonino Gennaro	1902	Modica
Bruno Gennaro	1918	Genova	IT
Clara Gennaro	1938	Roma
Vincenzo Gennaro	1944	Petralia Soprana	IT
Domenico Gennaro	1948	Catania	IT
Accursio Gennaro	1951	Sciacca
Nicola Gennaro	1968	Este	IT
Lucrezia Gennaro	2001	Treviso	EN
Mario Gennaro		Campi Salentina

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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Di gennaro

149 US arrivals

De gennaro

71 US arrivals

Da gennaro

1 US arrivals

Genaro

11 US arrivals

Del gennaro

1 US arrivals

Gennacaro

3 US arrivals

Gennarola

2 US arrivals

Gennavaro

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 Gennaro.

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