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Alta
The strongest concentration of Alta in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 2 of 2 arrivals (100 percent) originating there.
2
US arrivals
1830 to 1912
2
Comuni of
origin
1
Regioni
represented
0
Notable on
Wikipedia
Top regione
Sicilia
2 of 2
100 percent of arrivals
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.
Altaghita
5 US arrivals
Altami
1 US arrivals
Altare
1 US arrivals
Altavista
1 US arrivals
Altardo
2 US arrivals
Altalia
1 US arrivals
Altaman
1 US arrivals
Altanio
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 Alta.
Origini per comune
Arrival records by comune
Each row is a comune (municipality) where at least one passenger named Alta was recorded between 1830 and 1912.
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