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Viggiano

The strongest concentration of Viggiano in US arrival records points to Basilicata, with 138 of 181 arrivals (76 percent) originating there.

181

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

44

Comuni of
origin

9

Regioni
represented

1

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 181
Abruzzo: 1 arrivalsPuglia: 2 arrivalsBasilicata: 138 arrivalsCalabria: 3 arrivalsCampania: 29 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 1 arrivalsLombardia: 2 arrivalsMolise: 1 arrivalsPiemonte: 4 arrivals

Top regione

Basilicata

138 of 181
76 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 4
4 to 14
14 to 41
41+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

9 regioni represented

  • Basilicata13876%
  • Campania2916%
  • Piemonte42%
  • Calabria32%
  • Puglia21%
  • Lombardia21%
  • Molise11%
  • Abruzzo11%
  • Emilia-Romagna11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Viggiano on Wikipedia

  • Andrea Viggiano

    1971 · 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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Vigiano

4 US arrivals

Viggiani

43 US arrivals

Viaggiano

6 US arrivals

Aviggiano

1 US arrivals

Viggino

1 US arrivals

Viano

16 US arrivals

Vigliano

10 US arrivals

Miggiano

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 Viggiano.

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