Cognome

Lorenzo

The strongest concentration of Lorenzo in US arrival records points to Basilicata, with 36 of 115 arrivals (31 percent) originating there.

115

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

61

Comuni of
origin

17

Regioni
represented

5

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 115
Abruzzo: 2 arrivalsPuglia: 4 arrivalsBasilicata: 36 arrivalsCalabria: 7 arrivalsCampania: 32 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 1 arrivalsLazio: 3 arrivalsLiguria: 1 arrivalsLombardia: 3 arrivalsMarche: 1 arrivalsMolise: 3 arrivalsPiemonte: 5 arrivalsSicilia: 12 arrivalsTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol: 1 arrivalsToscana: 1 arrivalsUmbria: 1 arrivalsVeneto: 2 arrivals

Top regione

Basilicata

36 of 115
31 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 1
1 to 4
4 to 11
11+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

17 regioni represented

  • Basilicata3631%
  • Campania3228%
  • Sicilia1210%
  • Calabria76%
  • Piemonte54%
  • Puglia43%
  • Lombardia33%
  • Molise33%
  • Lazio33%
  • Veneto22%
  • Abruzzo22%
  • Marche11%
  • Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol11%
  • Umbria11%
  • Liguria11%
  • Toscana11%
  • Emilia-Romagna11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Lorenzo 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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Lorenzo l

1 US arrivals

D'lorenzo

2 US arrivals

Di lorenzo

504 US arrivals

De lorenzo

129 US arrivals

Di'lorenzo

1 US arrivals

Ldi lorenzo

1 US arrivals

Lorenzon

1 US arrivals

San lorenzo

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 Lorenzo.

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