Cognome

Martorano

The strongest concentration of Martorano in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 71 of 118 arrivals (60 percent) originating there.

118

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 118

Top regione

Sicilia

71 of 118
60 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 2

2 to 7

7 to 21

21+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

12 regioni represented

Sicilia7160%
Basilicata2622%
Calabria65%
Puglia33%
Liguria22%
Piemonte22%
Campania22%
Molise22%
Emilia-Romagna11%
Marche11%
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol11%
Lombardia11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Potenza
19
Provincia PZ
Palermo
12
Provincia PA
Bagheria
10
Provincia PA
Ficarazzi
6
Provincia PA
Casteldaccia
5
Provincia PA
Castelmezzano
3
Provincia PZ
Caltanissetta
3
Provincia CL
Misilmeri
3
Provincia PA
Chiusa Sclafani
3
Provincia PA
Poggioreale
2
Provincia TP
Riesi
2
Provincia CL
Genova
2
Provincia GE
Tricarico
2
Provincia MT
Roccapalumba
2
Provincia PA
Cessaniti
2
Provincia VV

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Potenza	PZ	19
Palermo	PA	12
Bagheria	PA	10
Ficarazzi	PA	6
Casteldaccia	PA	5
Castelmezzano	PZ	3
Caltanissetta	CL	3
Misilmeri	PA	3
Chiusa Sclafani	PA	3
Poggioreale	TP	2
Riesi	CL	2
Genova	GE	2
Tricarico	MT	2
Roccapalumba	PA	2
Cessaniti	VV	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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Martoran

3 US arrivals

Martorana

139 US arrivals

Martora

6 US arrivals

Martoranna

1 US arrivals

Marorano

1 US arrivals

Marano

335 US arrivals

Marturano

27 US arrivals

Martirano

13 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 Martorano.

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