Cognome

Tufano

The strongest concentration of Tufano in US arrival records points to Campania, with 123 of 138 arrivals (89 percent) originating there.

138

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 138

Top regione

Campania

123 of 138
89 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 4

4 to 12

12 to 37

37+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

10 regioni represented

Campania12389%
Calabria32%
Piemonte21%
Lazio21%
Sicilia21%
Basilicata21%
Lombardia11%
Umbria11%
Toscana11%
Molise11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Acerra
33
Provincia NA
Saviano
20
Provincia NA
Nola
12
Provincia NA
Napoli
8
Provincia NA
Boscoreale
8
Provincia NA
Marigliano
6
Provincia NA
Palma Campania
6
Provincia NA
Ottaviano
5
Provincia NA
Acerno
3
Provincia SA
Forino
3
Provincia AV
Caserta
3
Provincia CE
Teano
2
Provincia CE
Cimitile
2
Provincia NA
Aversa
2
Provincia CE
Pomigliano d'Arco
2
Provincia NA

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Acerra	NA	33
Saviano	NA	20
Nola	NA	12
Napoli	NA	8
Boscoreale	NA	8
Marigliano	NA	6
Palma Campania	NA	6
Ottaviano	NA	5
Acerno	SA	3
Forino	AV	3
Caserta	CE	3
Teano	CE	2
Cimitile	NA	2
Aversa	CE	2
Pomigliano d'Arco	NA	2

Persone notevoli

Notable Tufano on Wikipedia

Pina Tufano
EN IT
1965 · Somma Vesuviana
Mariano Tufano
IT
1968 · Napoli
Antonio Tufano
1980 · Napoli

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Pina Tufano	1965	Somma Vesuviana	EN IT
Mariano Tufano	1968	Napoli	IT
Antonio Tufano	1980	Napoli

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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Tuffano

1 US arrivals

Tufani

11 US arrivals

Tufana

1 US arrivals

Stufano

6 US arrivals

Tufa

5 US arrivals

Teufano

2 US arrivals

Tufiano

2 US arrivals

Tiufano

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 Tufano.

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