Cognome

Montalto

The strongest concentration of Montalto in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 60 of 116 arrivals (52 percent) originating there.

116

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

41

Comuni of
origin

7

Regioni
represented

12

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 116
Calabria: 34 arrivalsCampania: 10 arrivalsLazio: 3 arrivalsPiemonte: 5 arrivalsSardegna: 1 arrivalsSicilia: 60 arrivalsVeneto: 3 arrivals

Top regione

Sicilia

60 of 116
52 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 2
2 to 6
6 to 18
18+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

7 regioni represented

  • Sicilia6052%
  • Calabria3429%
  • Campania109%
  • Piemonte54%
  • Veneto33%
  • Lazio33%
  • Sardegna11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Montalto on Wikipedia

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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Montalti

4 US arrivals

Montalte

1 US arrivals

Miontalto

1 US arrivals

Monatalto

1 US arrivals

Monalto

1 US arrivals

Montali

1 US arrivals

Montato

1 US arrivals

Montaldo

30 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 Montalto.

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