Surname Distribution Map

Today I have been alerted to a new Italian surname distribution map called CognoMix.Thanks go to the Guild Face Book page for this

From an initial play it appears that this site allows the distribution to be seen not just across Italy as this information shows.

The geographical distribution of the surname ORLANDO in Italy

1,252  Sicily	153  Tuscany
928  Puglia	135  Basilicata
819  Campania	133  Liguria
561  Lombardy	124  Emilia-Romagna
405  Piedmont	79th  Molise
387  Calabria	30th  Sardinia
303  Lazio	21  Umbria
279  Veneto	19th  Brands
241  Abruzzo	17th  Trentino AA
162  Friuli VG	4  Valle d'Aosta

On the actual online map the numbers are clickable so clicking the 1,252 against Sicily where my own Orlando's are from breaks the details down to these occurances

The geographical distribution of the surname ORLANDO in Sicily

521  Palermo	83  Agrigento
256  Messina	36th  Syracuse
129  Trapani	34th  Enna
103  Catania	3  Ragusa
87th  Caltanissetta

By clicking on the Caltanissetta region, again where my Orlando's are from breaks the details down into the individual Communes

The geographical distribution of the surname ORLANDO in the province of Caltanissetta

29th  San Cataldo	2  Sommatino
22  Gela	1  Niscemi
9  Acquaviva Platani	1  Santa Caterina Villarmosa
9  Caltanissetta	1  Butera
5  Sutera	1  Montedoro
3  Serradifalco	1  Mussomeli
3  Mazzarino

The numbers are of course approximations, but it is a good indiciation of where to focus the research.

Baptisms - St George the Martyr Church in Prizzi, Palermo Province

Note: all entries are in Latin, so you will need to convert them to Sicilian. e.g. Petrus/Petri= Pietro, Paschale=Pasquale, Mri= Mariani, Dominici=Domenico, Antoninus=Antonino, Joanna=Giovanna, Salvatoris=Salvator_e, etc. The difference in spelling of these names within an entry is due to the form in which it is used in the sentence. Unless noted otherwise, these babies were baptized the day they were born.

p519/187
29 May 1891 Salvator, son, born to Francisco Nucrio son of Salvatoris, and Francisca DiReto dtr of Nautii. Godparents were Joseph LoBue son of Paschalis and Carmela Orlando, a married couple.

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12 Jul 1891 Jacobus, son, born to Cyro Leone son of Petri, and Anna Orlando dtr of Jacobi. Godparent was Petrus Vallone son of Josephi, who was unmarried. There is a Matrim Contrx dated 7 Jan 1915 which shows he married Nicolina LoBue.

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23 Oct 1891 Maria, dtr, born to Salvatore Canzoneri son of Georgii, and Nicolina LoBue dtr of Ignatii. Godparents were Georgius Caniglio and Catherina Orlando, a married couple