Cognome

Arena

The strongest concentration of Arena in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 294 of 548 arrivals (54 percent) originating there.

548

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

169

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 548

Top regione

Sicilia

294 of 548
54 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 9

9 to 29

29 to 88

88+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

17 regioni represented

Sicilia29454%
Calabria14426%
Campania5610%
Puglia112%
Basilicata102%
Abruzzo71%
Liguria61%
Lombardia51%
Molise41%
Veneto31%
Emilia-Romagna20%
Piemonte10%
Lazio10%
Sardegna10%
Marche10%
Toscana10%
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Messina
51
Provincia ME
Trabia
37
Provincia PA
Palermo
27
Provincia PA
Sciacca
21
Provincia AG
Grotteria
13
Provincia RC
Scilla
13
Provincia RC
Napoli
12
Provincia NA
Caltanissetta
11
Provincia CL
Augusta
11
Provincia SR
Postiglione
11
Provincia SA
Naso
10
Provincia ME
Lipari
8
Provincia ME
Villafrati
8
Provincia PA
Mistretta
8
Provincia ME
Amantea
7
Provincia CS

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Messina	ME	51
Trabia	PA	37
Palermo	PA	27
Sciacca	AG	21
Grotteria	RC	13
Scilla	RC	13
Napoli	NA	12
Caltanissetta	CL	11
Augusta	SR	11
Postiglione	SA	11
Naso	ME	10
Lipari	ME	8
Villafrati	PA	8
Mistretta	ME	8
Amantea	CS	7

Persone notevoli

Notable Arena on Wikipedia

Domenico Arena
1650 · Cosenza
Filippo Arena
IT
1708 · Piazza Armerina
Alfonso Arena
IT
1882 · Canicattì
Francesco Arena
EN IT
1889 · Pizzoni
Celestino Arena
IT
1890 · Pizzoni
Lirio Arena
1912 · Palermo
Anna Arena
EN IT
1919 · Quiliano
Ermenegildo Arena
EN IT
1922 · Napoli
Fortunato Arena
EN
1922 · Catanzaro
Salvatore Arena
IT
1922 · Bagnara Calabra
Ettore Arena
IT
1923 · Catanzaro
Francesco Arena
IT
1926 · Messina
Eugenio Arena
1931 · Messina
Aldo Maria Arena
1935 · Roma
Maurizio Arena
IT
1935 · Messina

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Domenico Arena	1650	Cosenza
Filippo Arena	1708	Piazza Armerina	IT
Alfonso Arena	1882	Canicattì	IT
Francesco Arena	1889	Pizzoni	EN IT
Celestino Arena	1890	Pizzoni	IT
Lirio Arena	1912	Palermo
Anna Arena	1919	Quiliano	EN IT
Ermenegildo Arena	1922	Napoli	EN IT
Fortunato Arena	1922	Catanzaro	EN
Salvatore Arena	1922	Bagnara Calabra	IT
Ettore Arena	1923	Catanzaro	IT
Francesco Arena	1926	Messina	IT
Eugenio Arena	1931	Messina
Aldo Maria Arena	1935	Roma
Maurizio Arena	1935	Messina	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.

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D arena

4 US arrivals

D'arena

1 US arrivals

Di arena

1 US arrivals

Arenare

2 US arrivals

Arenna

1 US arrivals

Amarena

5 US arrivals

Arenano

2 US arrivals

Arenali

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 Arena.

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