Cognome

Spano

The strongest concentration of Spano in US arrival records points to Calabria, with 143 of 432 arrivals (33 percent) originating there.

432

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

135

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 432

Top regione

Calabria

143 of 432
33 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 4

4 to 14

14 to 43

43+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

15 regioni represented

Calabria14333%
Sicilia11827%
Puglia9121%
Campania409%
Abruzzo92%
Basilicata72%
Lazio61%
Lombardia41%
Molise31%
Sardegna31%
Liguria20%
Umbria20%
Piemonte20%
Marche10%
Veneto10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Grumo Appula
37
Provincia BA
Reggio di Calabria
32
Provincia RC
Toritto
24
Provincia BA
Palermo
21
Provincia PA
Lipari
20
Provincia ME
Caulonia
14
Provincia RC
Ardore
13
Provincia RC
Bellona
12
Provincia CE
Cinquefrondi
10
Provincia RC
Catanzaro
8
Provincia CZ
Palmi
8
Provincia RC
Bagheria
7
Provincia PA
Vietri sul Mare
7
Provincia SA
Sperlinga
7
Provincia EN
Alberobello
7
Provincia BA

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Grumo Appula	BA	37
Reggio di Calabria	RC	32
Toritto	BA	24
Palermo	PA	21
Lipari	ME	20
Caulonia	RC	14
Ardore	RC	13
Bellona	CE	12
Cinquefrondi	RC	10
Catanzaro	CZ	8
Palmi	RC	8
Bagheria	PA	7
Vietri sul Mare	SA	7
Sperlinga	EN	7
Alberobello	BA	7

Persone notevoli

Notable Spano on Wikipedia

Giovanni Spano
EN IT
1803 · Ploaghe
Giuseppe Spano
1871 · Napoli
Velio Spano
EN IT
1905 · Teulada
Ottavio Spano
IT
1923 · Olbia
Salvator Angelo Spano
IT
1925 · Villacidro
Roberto Spano
IT
1935 · La Spezia
Ivano Spano
1941 · Ravenna
Gianni Spano
1954 · Roma
Massimo Spano
IT
1958 · Roma
Giuseppe Spano
1967 · Muro Leccese

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Giovanni Spano	1803	Ploaghe	EN IT
Giuseppe Spano	1871	Napoli
Velio Spano	1905	Teulada	EN IT
Ottavio Spano	1923	Olbia	IT
Salvator Angelo Spano	1925	Villacidro	IT
Roberto Spano	1935	La Spezia	IT
Ivano Spano	1941	Ravenna
Gianni Spano	1954	Roma
Massimo Spano	1958	Roma	IT
Giuseppe Spano	1967	Muro Leccese

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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Spano'

3 US arrivals

Di spano

1 US arrivals

Spantano

1 US arrivals

Spanno

2 US arrivals

Span=

5 US arrivals

Span

3 US arrivals

Sparano

100 US arrivals

Spadano

12 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 Spano.

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