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Maddalena

The strongest concentration of Maddalena in US arrival records points to Campania, with 57 of 147 arrivals (39 percent) originating there.

147

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 147

Top regione

Campania

57 of 147
39 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 2

2 to 6

6 to 17

17+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

9 regioni represented

Campania5739%
Molise4027%
Basilicata1611%
Sicilia107%
Puglia96%
Lazio75%
Calabria53%
Abruzzo21%
Piemonte11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Castropignano
32
Provincia CB
Melfi
11
Provincia PZ
Troia
7
Provincia FG
Salerno
5
Provincia SA
Carinola
5
Provincia CE
Ferentino
5
Provincia FR
San Gennaro Vesuviano
5
Provincia NA
Sessa Aurunca
5
Provincia CE
Acerra
5
Provincia NA
Campobasso
4
Provincia CB
Napoli
4
Provincia NA
Caserta
4
Provincia CE
Forio
3
Provincia NA
Castronovo di Sicilia
3
Provincia PA
Fragneto l'Abate
3
Provincia BN

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Castropignano	CB	32
Melfi	PZ	11
Troia	FG	7
Salerno	SA	5
Carinola	CE	5
Ferentino	FR	5
San Gennaro Vesuviano	NA	5
Sessa Aurunca	CE	5
Acerra	NA	5
Campobasso	CB	4
Napoli	NA	4
Caserta	CE	4
Forio	NA	3
Castronovo di Sicilia	PA	3
Fragneto l'Abate	BN	3

Persone notevoli

Notable Maddalena on Wikipedia

Ferrante Maddalena
IT
1676 · Gravina in Puglia
Umberto Maddalena
IT
1894 · Bottrighe
Mario Maddalena
1899 · Rovereto
Antonio Maddalena
1913 · Adria
Paolo Maddalena
EN IT
1936 · Napoli
Marcello Maddalena
IT
1941 · Adria
Giovanni Maddalena
1971 · Torino

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Ferrante Maddalena	1676	Gravina in Puglia	IT
Umberto Maddalena	1894	Bottrighe	IT
Mario Maddalena	1899	Rovereto
Antonio Maddalena	1913	Adria
Paolo Maddalena	1936	Napoli	EN IT
Marcello Maddalena	1941	Adria	IT
Giovanni Maddalena	1971	Torino

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 maddalena

1 US arrivals

Madalena

4 US arrivals

Maddalen

1 US arrivals

Maddaleno

6 US arrivals

Maddaleni

4 US arrivals

Maddalene

1 US arrivals

Della maddalena

3 US arrivals

Maddaelena

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 Maddalena.

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