Cognome

Giordano

The strongest concentration of Giordano in US arrival records points to Campania, with 898 of 1,880 arrivals (48 percent) originating there.

1,880

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

438

Comuni of
origin

19

Regioni
represented

123

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 1,880
Abruzzo: 49 arrivalsPuglia: 69 arrivalsBasilicata: 130 arrivalsCalabria: 196 arrivalsCampania: 898 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 3 arrivalsFriuli-Venezia Giulia: 3 arrivalsLazio: 26 arrivalsLiguria: 8 arrivalsLombardia: 20 arrivalsMarche: 9 arrivalsMolise: 18 arrivalsPiemonte: 28 arrivalsSardegna: 1 arrivalsSicilia: 384 arrivalsTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol: 11 arrivalsToscana: 10 arrivalsUmbria: 12 arrivalsVeneto: 5 arrivals

Top regione

Campania

898 of 1,880
48 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 27
27 to 90
90 to 269
269+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

19 regioni represented

  • Campania89848%
  • Sicilia38420%
  • Calabria19610%
  • Basilicata1307%
  • Puglia694%
  • Abruzzo493%
  • Piemonte281%
  • Lazio261%
  • Lombardia201%
  • Molise181%
  • Umbria121%
  • Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol111%
  • Toscana101%
  • Marche90%
  • Liguria80%
  • Veneto50%
  • Friuli-Venezia Giulia30%
  • Emilia-Romagna30%
  • Sardegna10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Giordano on Wikipedia

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 giordano

8 US arrivals

De giordano

3 US arrivals

Gingiordano

1 US arrivals

Lo giordano

1 US arrivals

Giordanno

2 US arrivals

Gioordano

1 US arrivals

Giordan

1 US arrivals

Giangiordano

15 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 Giordano.

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