Cognome

Balestra

The strongest concentration of Balestra in US arrival records points to Campania, with 16 of 36 arrivals (44 percent) originating there.

36

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

19

Comuni of
origin

13

Regioni
represented

19

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 36
Abruzzo: 2 arrivalsPuglia: 1 arrivalsCalabria: 1 arrivalsCampania: 16 arrivalsFriuli-Venezia Giulia: 1 arrivalsLazio: 1 arrivalsLiguria: 3 arrivalsLombardia: 1 arrivalsMarche: 3 arrivalsMolise: 2 arrivalsPiemonte: 1 arrivalsSicilia: 1 arrivalsVeneto: 3 arrivals

Top regione

Campania

16 of 36
44 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 0
0 to 2
2 to 5
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Persone notevoli

Notable Balestra 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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Ballestra

6 US arrivals

Balestrate

3 US arrivals

Balestraco

1 US arrivals

Balestrani

1 US arrivals

Balestri

11 US arrivals

Balestro

4 US arrivals

Balestre

1 US arrivals

Balestracci

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 Balestra.

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

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