Cognome

Leonardo

The strongest concentration of Leonardo in US arrival records points to Campania, with 85 of 188 arrivals (45 percent) originating there.

188

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

107

Comuni of
origin

15

Regioni
represented

5

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 188
Abruzzo: 7 arrivalsPuglia: 6 arrivalsBasilicata: 6 arrivalsCalabria: 23 arrivalsCampania: 85 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 1 arrivalsLazio: 6 arrivalsLiguria: 1 arrivalsLombardia: 3 arrivalsMarche: 2 arrivalsMolise: 7 arrivalsPiemonte: 1 arrivalsSicilia: 37 arrivalsTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol: 2 arrivalsVeneto: 1 arrivals

Top regione

Campania

85 of 188
45 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 3
3 to 9
9 to 26
26+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

15 regioni represented

  • Campania8545%
  • Sicilia3720%
  • Calabria2312%
  • Molise74%
  • Abruzzo74%
  • Puglia63%
  • Lazio63%
  • Basilicata63%
  • Lombardia32%
  • Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol21%
  • Marche21%
  • Piemonte11%
  • Liguria11%
  • Veneto11%
  • Emilia-Romagna11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Leonardo 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 leonardo

108 US arrivals

De leonardo

12 US arrivals

Leonard

3 US arrivals

Leonardi

185 US arrivals

Leonarda

6 US arrivals

Masti leonardo

1 US arrivals

Leonardis

11 US arrivals

Eleonardo

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 Leonardo.

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