Cognome

Boccia

The strongest concentration of Boccia in US arrival records points to Campania, with 124 of 202 arrivals (61 percent) originating there.

202

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 202

Top regione

Campania

124 of 202
61 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 4

4 to 12

12 to 37

37+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

12 regioni represented

Campania12461%
Abruzzo3015%
Lazio2311%
Sicilia94%
Basilicata42%
Calabria31%
Puglia21%
Piemonte21%
Lombardia21%
Marche10%
Emilia-Romagna10%
Liguria10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Ottaviano
33
Provincia NA
San Giuseppe Vesuviano
33
Provincia NA
Poggiomarino
21
Provincia NA
Opi
16
Provincia AQ
Amaseno
9
Provincia FR
Pescasseroli
9
Provincia AQ
Boscoreale
8
Provincia NA
Melilli
6
Provincia SR
Veroli
5
Provincia FR
Napoli
5
Provincia NA
Boscotrecase
5
Provincia NA
Capua
4
Provincia CE
Lenola
2
Provincia LT
Apice
2
Provincia BN
Fondi
2
Provincia LT

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Ottaviano	NA	33
San Giuseppe Vesuviano	NA	33
Poggiomarino	NA	21
Opi	AQ	16
Amaseno	FR	9
Pescasseroli	AQ	9
Boscoreale	NA	8
Melilli	SR	6
Veroli	FR	5
Napoli	NA	5
Boscotrecase	NA	5
Capua	CE	4
Lenola	LT	2
Apice	BN	2
Fondi	LT	2

Persone notevoli

Notable Boccia on Wikipedia

Severino Boccia
IT
1620 · Ascoli Satriano
Lionello Giorgio Boccia
1926 · Cremona
Antonio Boccia
IT
1944 · Potenza
Pietro Boccia
IT
1944 · Baia e Latina
Maria Luisa Boccia
IT
1945 · Roma
Leonardo Vincenzo Boccia
1953 · Castrovillari
Vincenzo Boccia
IT
1964 · Salerno
Francesco Boccia
1967 · Milano
Giovanni Boccia Artieri
IT
1967 · Bologna
Francesco Boccia
EN IT
1968 · Bisceglie
Giovanni Boccia
1971 · San Giuseppe Vesuviano
Stefania Boccia
1974 · Napoli
Lorella Boccia
IT
1991 · Torre Annunziata
Luigi Boccia
Avella

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Severino Boccia	1620	Ascoli Satriano	IT
Lionello Giorgio Boccia	1926	Cremona
Antonio Boccia	1944	Potenza	IT
Pietro Boccia	1944	Baia e Latina	IT
Maria Luisa Boccia	1945	Roma	IT
Leonardo Vincenzo Boccia	1953	Castrovillari
Vincenzo Boccia	1964	Salerno	IT
Francesco Boccia	1967	Milano
Giovanni Boccia Artieri	1967	Bologna	IT
Francesco Boccia	1968	Bisceglie	EN IT
Giovanni Boccia	1971	San Giuseppe Vesuviano
Stefania Boccia	1974	Napoli
Lorella Boccia	1991	Torre Annunziata	IT
Luigi Boccia		Avella

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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Boccaccia

2 US arrivals

Bocciaglia

1 US arrivals

Bocci

22 US arrivals

Bocciaro

1 US arrivals

Bocuccia

1 US arrivals

Boccio

12 US arrivals

Bocciardi

3 US arrivals

Barboccia

2 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 Boccia.

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