Cognome

Palmisano

The strongest concentration of Palmisano in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 85 of 180 arrivals (47 percent) originating there.

180

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

56

Comuni of
origin

9

Regioni
represented

12

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 180
Abruzzo: 2 arrivalsPuglia: 61 arrivalsBasilicata: 3 arrivalsCalabria: 4 arrivalsCampania: 18 arrivalsLazio: 2 arrivalsMarche: 2 arrivalsMolise: 3 arrivalsSicilia: 85 arrivals

Top regione

Sicilia

85 of 180
47 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 3
3 to 9
9 to 26
26+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

9 regioni represented

  • Sicilia8547%
  • Puglia6134%
  • Campania1810%
  • Calabria42%
  • Molise32%
  • Basilicata32%
  • Marche21%
  • Lazio21%
  • Abruzzo21%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Palmisano 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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Palmisani

12 US arrivals

Palmisana

2 US arrivals

Palisano

12 US arrivals

Palmiano

2 US arrivals

Palmisciano

32 US arrivals

Palmesano

6 US arrivals

Palmitano

4 US arrivals

Galmisano

3 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 Palmisano.

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