Cognome

Lagana

The strongest concentration of Lagana in US arrival records points to Calabria, with 65 of 102 arrivals (64 percent) originating there.

102

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

45

Comuni of
origin

9

Regioni
represented

1

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 102
Abruzzo: 3 arrivalsPuglia: 3 arrivalsBasilicata: 5 arrivalsCalabria: 65 arrivalsCampania: 2 arrivalsLazio: 1 arrivalsLombardia: 1 arrivalsPiemonte: 1 arrivalsSicilia: 21 arrivals

Top regione

Calabria

65 of 102
64 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 2
2 to 7
7 to 20
20+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

9 regioni represented

  • Calabria6564%
  • Sicilia2121%
  • Basilicata55%
  • Puglia33%
  • Abruzzo33%
  • Campania22%
  • Piemonte11%
  • Lombardia11%
  • Lazio11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Lagana on Wikipedia

  • Domenico Lagana

    1925 · Italia

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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Lagana'

1 US arrivals

Laganara

1 US arrivals

Lagano

10 US arrivals

Laganà

8 US arrivals

Lagani

8 US arrivals

Lagane

1 US arrivals

Laganò

1 US arrivals

Lana

26 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 Lagana.

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