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Romaniello

The strongest concentration of Romaniello in US arrival records points to Basilicata, with 90 of 139 arrivals (65 percent) originating there.

139

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 139

Top regione

Basilicata

90 of 139
65 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 3

3 to 9

9 to 27

27+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

9 regioni represented

Basilicata9065%
Campania3022%
Calabria118%
Piemonte21%
Toscana21%
Abruzzo11%
Marche11%
Emilia-Romagna11%
Sicilia11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Avigliano
82
Provincia PZ
Aprigliano
7
Provincia CS
Novi Velia
4
Provincia SA
Potenza
4
Provincia PZ
Napoli
4
Provincia NA
Centola
3
Provincia SA
Padula
3
Provincia SA
Montella
3
Provincia AV
Polla
2
Provincia SA
Arignano
2
Provincia TO
Sassano
2
Provincia SA
Caulonia
2
Provincia RC
Vietri di Potenza
2
Provincia PZ
Livorno
2
Provincia LI
Sperone
1
Provincia AV

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Avigliano	PZ	82
Aprigliano	CS	7
Novi Velia	SA	4
Potenza	PZ	4
Napoli	NA	4
Centola	SA	3
Padula	SA	3
Montella	AV	3
Polla	SA	2
Arignano	TO	2
Sassano	SA	2
Caulonia	RC	2
Vietri di Potenza	PZ	2
Livorno	LI	2
Sperone	AV	1

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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Romanielli

8 US arrivals

Romaniel

2 US arrivals

Romanello

33 US arrivals

Romanillo

1 US arrivals

Rocaniello

3 US arrivals

Pomaniello

2 US arrivals

Ramaniello

2 US arrivals

Romancello

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 Romaniello.

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