Cognome

Battista

The strongest concentration of Battista in US arrival records points to Campania, with 130 of 469 arrivals (28 percent) originating there.

469

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

177

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 469

Top regione

Campania

130 of 469
28 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 4

4 to 13

13 to 39

39+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

16 regioni represented

Campania13028%
Molise11525%
Puglia5111%
Sicilia398%
Abruzzo398%
Calabria327%
Lazio327%
Basilicata92%
Liguria51%
Piemonte31%
Marche31%
Toscana31%
Sardegna20%
Lombardia20%
Friuli-Venezia Giulia20%
Veneto20%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Casalciprano
30
Provincia CB
Triggiano
20
Provincia BA
Atripalda
18
Provincia AV
Delianuova
17
Provincia RC
Campobasso
16
Provincia CB
Avellino
14
Provincia AV
Pietrabbondante
13
Provincia IS
Calabritto
13
Provincia AV
Frosolone
11
Provincia IS
Isernia
10
Provincia IS
Caserta
8
Provincia CE
Alvignano
8
Provincia CE
Fontana Liri
8
Provincia FR
Molise
7
Provincia CB
Bagheria
7
Provincia PA

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Casalciprano	CB	30
Triggiano	BA	20
Atripalda	AV	18
Delianuova	RC	17
Campobasso	CB	16
Avellino	AV	14
Pietrabbondante	IS	13
Calabritto	AV	13
Frosolone	IS	11
Isernia	IS	10
Caserta	CE	8
Alvignano	CE	8
Fontana Liri	FR	8
Molise	CB	7
Bagheria	PA	7

Persone notevoli

Notable Battista on Wikipedia

Giuseppe Battista
EN IT
1610 · Grottaglie
Giovanni Battista Bussi de Pretis
EN IT
1721 · Urbino
Vincenzo Battista
EN IT
1823 · Napoli
Camillo Battista
1839 · Potenza
Giovanni Battista
IT
1860 · Avellino
Emilio Battista
IT
1903 · Terracina
Pierluigi Battista
IT
1955 · Roma
Maurizio Battista
IT
1957 · Roma
Lorenzo Battista
IT
1973 · Trieste
Lele Battista
IT
1975 · Milano
Alba Francesca Battista
1987 · Atripalda
Valeria Battista
IT
2001 · Legnano
Onorato Battista
Napoli

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Giuseppe Battista	1610	Grottaglie	EN IT
Giovanni Battista Bussi de Pretis	1721	Urbino	EN IT
Vincenzo Battista	1823	Napoli	EN IT
Camillo Battista	1839	Potenza
Giovanni Battista	1860	Avellino	IT
Emilio Battista	1903	Terracina	IT
Pierluigi Battista	1955	Roma	IT
Maurizio Battista	1957	Roma	IT
Lorenzo Battista	1973	Trieste	IT
Lele Battista	1975	Milano	IT
Alba Francesca Battista	1987	Atripalda
Valeria Battista	2001	Legnano	IT
Onorato Battista		Napoli

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.

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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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G battista

1 US arrivals

Di battista

151 US arrivals

De battista

10 US arrivals

Battistta

1 US arrivals

Batista

15 US arrivals

Noe battista

1 US arrivals

Barattista

1 US arrivals

Battistari

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 Battista.

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