Cognome

Monteforte

The strongest concentration of Monteforte in US arrival records points to Campania, with 54 of 74 arrivals (73 percent) originating there.

74

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

33

Comuni of
origin

9

Regioni
represented

3

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 74
Abruzzo: 3 arrivalsPuglia: 1 arrivalsBasilicata: 5 arrivalsCalabria: 1 arrivalsCampania: 54 arrivalsMarche: 3 arrivalsMolise: 1 arrivalsPiemonte: 1 arrivalsSicilia: 5 arrivals

Top regione

Campania

54 of 74
73 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 2
2 to 5
5 to 16
16+

Persone notevoli

Notable Monteforte on Wikipedia

  • Edoardo Monteforte

    ENIT

    1849 · Polla

  • Salvatore Monteforte

    1887 · Siracusa

  • Giovanni Monteforte

    IT

    1950 · Reggio Emilia

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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Montefonte

1 US arrivals

Monte

132 US arrivals

Monforte

46 US arrivals

Montefone

1 US arrivals

Mnoteforte

1 US arrivals

Monteparte

1 US arrivals

D monte

1 US arrivals

Montefi

1 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 Monteforte.

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

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