Cognome

Terranova

The strongest concentration of Terranova in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 158 of 253 arrivals (62 percent) originating there.

253

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

90

Comuni of
origin

11

Regioni
represented

16

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 253
Abruzzo: 5 arrivalsBasilicata: 6 arrivalsCalabria: 44 arrivalsCampania: 14 arrivalsLazio: 3 arrivalsLiguria: 1 arrivalsMolise: 19 arrivalsPiemonte: 1 arrivalsSicilia: 158 arrivalsUmbria: 1 arrivalsVeneto: 1 arrivals

Top regione

Sicilia

158 of 253
62 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 5
5 to 16
16 to 47
47+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

11 regioni represented

  • Sicilia15862%
  • Calabria4417%
  • Molise198%
  • Campania146%
  • Basilicata62%
  • Abruzzo52%
  • Lazio31%
  • Liguria10%
  • Piemonte10%
  • Umbria10%
  • Veneto10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Terranova 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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Teranova

4 US arrivals

Terranovo

3 US arrivals

Terranove

1 US arrivals

Terrano

40 US arrivals

Cerranova

2 US arrivals

Ferranova

2 US arrivals

Terranoca

2 US arrivals

Serranova

1 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 Terranova.

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