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Giovanni

The strongest concentration of Giovanni in US arrival records points to Campania, with 54 of 180 arrivals (30 percent) originating there.

180

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

146

Comuni of
origin

17

Regioni
represented

1

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 180
Abruzzo: 16 arrivalsPuglia: 7 arrivalsBasilicata: 11 arrivalsCalabria: 13 arrivalsCampania: 54 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 1 arrivalsLazio: 11 arrivalsLiguria: 1 arrivalsLombardia: 5 arrivalsMolise: 14 arrivalsPiemonte: 13 arrivalsSardegna: 2 arrivalsSicilia: 21 arrivalsTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol: 2 arrivalsToscana: 6 arrivalsUmbria: 1 arrivalsVeneto: 2 arrivals

Top regione

Campania

54 of 180
30 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 2
2 to 5
5 to 16
16+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

17 regioni represented

  • Campania5430%
  • Sicilia2112%
  • Abruzzo169%
  • Molise148%
  • Piemonte137%
  • Calabria137%
  • Basilicata116%
  • Lazio116%
  • Puglia74%
  • Toscana63%
  • Lombardia53%
  • Sardegna21%
  • Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol21%
  • Veneto21%
  • Emilia-Romagna11%
  • Liguria11%
  • Umbria11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Giovanni 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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Giovannni

1 US arrivals

Giovannini

63 US arrivals

Giovanninni

2 US arrivals

Giogiovanni

1 US arrivals

S.giovanni

1 US arrivals

Di giovanni

421 US arrivals

De giovanni

32 US arrivals

Lo giovanni

2 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 Giovanni.

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