Cognome

Zona

The strongest concentration of Zona in US arrival records points to Campania, with 78 of 108 arrivals (72 percent) originating there.

108

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 108

Top regione

Campania

78 of 108
72 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 2

2 to 8

8 to 23

23+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

11 regioni represented

Campania7872%
Sicilia109%
Piemonte66%
Veneto33%
Calabria33%
Basilicata22%
Emilia-Romagna22%
Toscana11%
Umbria11%
Molise11%
Lombardia11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Calvi Risorta
36
Provincia CE
Calvi
10
Provincia BN
Messina
8
Provincia ME
Giano Vetusto
6
Provincia CE
Pietramelara
5
Provincia CE
Caserta
4
Provincia CE
Cossato
4
Provincia BI
Massa Lubrense
3
Provincia NA
Riardo
3
Provincia CE
Prata Sannita
2
Provincia CE
Sparanise
2
Provincia CE
Novara
2
Provincia NO
Napoli
2
Provincia NA
Pieve di Cadore
2
Provincia BL
Carolei
1
Provincia CS

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Calvi Risorta	CE	36
Calvi	BN	10
Messina	ME	8
Giano Vetusto	CE	6
Pietramelara	CE	5
Caserta	CE	4
Cossato	BI	4
Massa Lubrense	NA	3
Riardo	CE	3
Prata Sannita	CE	2
Sparanise	CE	2
Novara	NO	2
Napoli	NA	2
Pieve di Cadore	BL	2
Carolei	CS	1

Persone notevoli

Notable Zona on Wikipedia

Antonio Zòna
EN
1814 · Gambarare
Temistocle Zona
EN IT
1848 · Porto Tolle
Eva Zona
IT
1888 · Palermo

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Antonio Zòna	1814	Gambarare	EN
Temistocle Zona	1848	Porto Tolle	EN IT
Eva Zona	1888	Palermo	IT

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.

Read guide

Di zona

1 US arrivals

Zonna

1 US arrivals

Zonali

3 US arrivals

Zonassi

2 US arrivals

Zonardi

1 US arrivals

Zoni

3 US arrivals

Zono

3 US arrivals

Zone

2 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 Zona.

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