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Spadafora

The strongest concentration of Spadafora in US arrival records points to Calabria, with 191 of 303 arrivals (63 percent) originating there.

303

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 303

Top regione

Calabria

191 of 303
63 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 6

6 to 19

19 to 57

57+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

14 regioni represented

Calabria19163%
Sicilia6421%
Campania124%
Basilicata114%
Abruzzo72%
Marche52%
Puglia41%
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol21%
Lazio21%
Piemonte10%
Liguria10%
Sardegna10%
Umbria10%
Molise10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Cosenza
56
Provincia CS
San Giovanni in Fiore
44
Provincia CS
Rogliano
38
Provincia CS
Ciminna
15
Provincia PA
Sersale
12
Provincia CZ
Palermo
9
Provincia PA
Paterno
8
Provincia PZ
Saponara
7
Provincia ME
Carini
6
Provincia PA
Figline Vegliaturo
5
Provincia CS
Bisacquino
5
Provincia PA
Caccamo
4
Provincia PA
Parenti
4
Provincia CS
Pentone
4
Provincia CZ
Ciminà
3
Provincia RC

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Cosenza	CS	56
San Giovanni in Fiore	CS	44
Rogliano	CS	38
Ciminna	PA	15
Sersale	CZ	12
Palermo	PA	9
Paterno	PZ	8
Saponara	ME	7
Carini	PA	6
Figline Vegliaturo	CS	5
Bisacquino	PA	5
Caccamo	PA	4
Parenti	CS	4
Pentone	CZ	4
Ciminà	RC	3

Persone notevoli

Notable Spadafora on Wikipedia

Domenico Spadafora
EN IT
1450 · Randazzo
Placido Spadafora
IT
1628 · Palermo
Adelaide Teresa Concetta Spadafora
1863 · provincia di Salerno
Francesco Spadafora
1913 · Cosenza
Marina Spadafora
IT
1959 · Bolzano
Vincenzo Spadafora
EN IT
1974 · Afragola
Antonello Spadafora
EN
1979 · Paola

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Domenico Spadafora	1450	Randazzo	EN IT
Placido Spadafora	1628	Palermo	IT
Adelaide Teresa Concetta Spadafora	1863	provincia di Salerno
Francesco Spadafora	1913	Cosenza
Marina Spadafora	1959	Bolzano	IT
Vincenzo Spadafora	1974	Afragola	EN IT
Antonello Spadafora	1979	Paola	EN

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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Spaddafora

2 US arrivals

Spadafore

3 US arrivals

Spadaforo

3 US arrivals

Spadafori

1 US arrivals

Spadafopra

1 US arrivals

Spadaforia

1 US arrivals

Spradafora

1 US arrivals

Spatafora

44 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 Spadafora.

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