Cognome

Taormina

The strongest concentration of Taormina in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 210 of 234 arrivals (90 percent) originating there.

234

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 234

Top regione

Sicilia

210 of 234
90 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 6

6 to 21

21 to 63

63+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

9 regioni represented

Sicilia21090%
Calabria73%
Lazio52%
Piemonte42%
Basilicata21%
Abruzzo21%
Campania21%
Umbria10%
Marche10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Trabia
30
Provincia PA
Terrasini
25
Provincia PA
Sciacca
24
Provincia AG
Menfi
19
Provincia AG
Balestrate
17
Provincia PA
Palermo
16
Provincia PA
Marineo
13
Provincia PA
Carini
7
Provincia PA
Borgetto
6
Provincia PA
Monreale
6
Provincia PA
Castelvetrano
6
Provincia TP
Alcamo
6
Provincia TP
Terracina
5
Provincia LT
Santa Flavia
4
Provincia PA
Bivona
3
Provincia AG

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Trabia	PA	30
Terrasini	PA	25
Sciacca	AG	24
Menfi	AG	19
Balestrate	PA	17
Palermo	PA	16
Marineo	PA	13
Carini	PA	7
Borgetto	PA	6
Monreale	PA	6
Castelvetrano	TP	6
Alcamo	TP	6
Terracina	LT	5
Santa Flavia	PA	4
Bivona	AG	3

Persone notevoli

Notable Taormina on Wikipedia

Carlo Taormina
EN IT
1940 · Roma
Cal Taormina
IT
1945 · La Spezia
Daniela Patrizia Taormina
IT
1958 · Palermo
Giorgio Taormina
IT
1962 · Palermo
Giovanni Taormina
EN
1988 · Agrigento

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Carlo Taormina	1940	Roma	EN IT
Cal Taormina	1945	La Spezia	IT
Daniela Patrizia Taormina	1958	Palermo	IT
Giorgio Taormina	1962	Palermo	IT
Giovanni Taormina	1988	Agrigento	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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Taorminna

2 US arrivals

Taorminas

1 US arrivals

Taormino

15 US arrivals

Taormini

1 US arrivals

Tavormina

8 US arrivals

Taorimina

1 US arrivals

Taomina

4 US arrivals

Maormina

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 Taormina.

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