Cognome

Madonna

The strongest concentration of Madonna in US arrival records points to Campania, with 56 of 148 arrivals (38 percent) originating there.

148

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 148

Top regione

Campania

56 of 148
38 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 2

2 to 6

6 to 17

17+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

11 regioni represented

Campania5638%
Abruzzo4329%
Sicilia1711%
Calabria139%
Puglia53%
Basilicata53%
Molise32%
Emilia-Romagna32%
Piemonte11%
Lazio11%
Lombardia11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Lama dei Peligni
19
Provincia CH
Maddaloni
19
Provincia CE
Capua
17
Provincia CE
Taranta Peligna
13
Provincia CH
Gasperina
8
Provincia CZ
Napoli
6
Provincia NA
Corleone
5
Provincia PA
Introdacqua
5
Provincia AQ
Palermo
3
Provincia PA
Taranto
3
Provincia TA
Vasto
3
Provincia CH
Sanza
3
Provincia SA
Potenza
2
Provincia PZ
Villarosa
2
Provincia EN
Riccia
2
Provincia CB

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Lama dei Peligni	CH	19
Maddaloni	CE	19
Capua	CE	17
Taranta Peligna	CH	13
Gasperina	CZ	8
Napoli	NA	6
Corleone	PA	5
Introdacqua	AQ	5
Palermo	PA	3
Taranto	TA	3
Vasto	CH	3
Sanza	SA	3
Potenza	PZ	2
Villarosa	EN	2
Riccia	CB	2

Persone notevoli

Notable Madonna on Wikipedia

Armando Madonna
EN IT
1963 · Alzano Lombardo
Michele Madonna
1974 · Pescara
Fiorenzo Madonna
1986 · Napoli
Nicola Madonna
EN IT
1986 · Alzano Lombardo

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Armando Madonna	1963	Alzano Lombardo	EN IT
Michele Madonna	1974	Pescara
Fiorenzo Madonna	1986	Napoli
Nicola Madonna	1986	Alzano Lombardo	EN IT

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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Madona

7 US arrivals

Magadonna

2 US arrivals

Madonno

3 US arrivals

Madonne

1 US arrivals

Margadonna

6 US arrivals

Madon

1 US arrivals

Madronna

1 US arrivals

Madoni

9 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 Madonna.

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