Cognome

Palerno

The strongest concentration of Palerno in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 4 of 11 arrivals (36 percent) originating there.

11

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

11

Comuni of
origin

7

Regioni
represented

0

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 11
Abruzzo: 1 arrivalsBasilicata: 2 arrivalsCalabria: 1 arrivalsCampania: 1 arrivalsMarche: 1 arrivalsSicilia: 4 arrivalsVeneto: 1 arrivals

Top regione

Sicilia

4 of 11
36 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
1
2
3 to 5
6+

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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Palerino

9 US arrivals

Palerano

1 US arrivals

Palierno

1 US arrivals

Palermino

7 US arrivals

Palera

5 US arrivals

Palero

4 US arrivals

Paleno

2 US arrivals

Paliferno

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 Palerno.

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

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