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Martorana

The strongest concentration of Martorana in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 125 of 139 arrivals (90 percent) originating there.

139

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 139

Top regione

Sicilia

125 of 139
90 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 4

4 to 13

13 to 38

38+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

8 regioni represented

Sicilia12590%
Calabria43%
Campania32%
Piemonte21%
Abruzzo21%
Friuli-Venezia Giulia11%
Basilicata11%
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Bagheria
43
Provincia PA
Ficarazzi
9
Provincia PA
Camporeale
8
Provincia PA
Misilmeri
5
Provincia PA
Palermo
5
Provincia PA
Casteldaccia
5
Provincia PA
Montelepre
4
Provincia PA
Monreale
4
Provincia PA
Santa Flavia
4
Provincia PA
Racalmuto
3
Provincia AG
Ragusa
3
Provincia RG
Villabate
3
Provincia PA
Caltanissetta
3
Provincia CL
San Cataldo
3
Provincia CL
Messina
2
Provincia ME

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Bagheria	PA	43
Ficarazzi	PA	9
Camporeale	PA	8
Misilmeri	PA	5
Palermo	PA	5
Casteldaccia	PA	5
Montelepre	PA	4
Monreale	PA	4
Santa Flavia	PA	4
Racalmuto	AG	3
Ragusa	RG	3
Villabate	PA	3
Caltanissetta	CL	3
San Cataldo	CL	3
Messina	ME	2

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.

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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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Martoranna

1 US arrivals

Martoran

3 US arrivals

Martorano

118 US arrivals

Martora

6 US arrivals

Mrtorana

1 US arrivals

Marana

18 US arrivals

Martarana

4 US arrivals

Martirana

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 Martorana.

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