Cognome

Maiorano

The strongest concentration of Maiorano in US arrival records points to Campania, with 75 of 218 arrivals (34 percent) originating there.

218

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 218

Top regione

Campania

75 of 218
34 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 2

2 to 8

8 to 23

23+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

11 regioni represented

Campania7534%
Molise3717%
Sicilia3516%
Puglia2913%
Calabria2411%
Basilicata63%
Abruzzo52%
Lazio31%
Veneto21%
Umbria10%
Lombardia10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Casacalenda
16
Provincia CB
Castelpizzuto
12
Provincia IS
Guardia Lombardi
10
Provincia AV
Jelsi
8
Provincia CB
Campagna
7
Provincia SA
Umbriatico
6
Provincia KR
Milazzo
6
Provincia ME
Modugno
6
Provincia BA
Castelfranci
6
Provincia AV
Cassano Irpino
5
Provincia AV
Tusa
5
Provincia ME
Messina
5
Provincia ME
Salerno
5
Provincia SA
Ischitella
4
Provincia FG
Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi
3
Provincia AV

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Casacalenda	CB	16
Castelpizzuto	IS	12
Guardia Lombardi	AV	10
Jelsi	CB	8
Campagna	SA	7
Umbriatico	KR	6
Milazzo	ME	6
Modugno	BA	6
Castelfranci	AV	6
Cassano Irpino	AV	5
Tusa	ME	5
Messina	ME	5
Salerno	SA	5
Ischitella	FG	4
Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi	AV	3

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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Maioranno

3 US arrivals

Maiorana

78 US arrivals

Maiorani

18 US arrivals

Maiorane

5 US arrivals

Maiora

1 US arrivals

Maioranna

2 US arrivals

Mariorano

1 US arrivals

Mairano

8 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 Maiorano.

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