Cognome

Villano

The strongest concentration of Villano in US arrival records points to Campania, with 170 of 236 arrivals (72 percent) originating there.

236

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

89

Comuni of
origin

13

Regioni
represented

3

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 236
Abruzzo: 8 arrivalsPuglia: 5 arrivalsBasilicata: 11 arrivalsCalabria: 10 arrivalsCampania: 170 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 2 arrivalsLazio: 9 arrivalsLiguria: 1 arrivalsMolise: 3 arrivalsPiemonte: 1 arrivalsSicilia: 14 arrivalsTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol: 1 arrivalsVeneto: 1 arrivals

Top regione

Campania

170 of 236
72 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 5
5 to 17
17 to 51
51+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

13 regioni represented

  • Campania17072%
  • Sicilia146%
  • Basilicata115%
  • Calabria104%
  • Lazio94%
  • Abruzzo83%
  • Puglia52%
  • Molise31%
  • Emilia-Romagna21%
  • Veneto10%
  • Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol10%
  • Piemonte10%
  • Liguria10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Villano 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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Del villano

8 US arrivals

Vilano

1 US arrivals

Villanova

53 US arrivals

Dell villano

3 US arrivals

Villani

332 US arrivals

Villana

4 US arrivals

Villane

3 US arrivals

Villapiano

6 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 Villano.

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