Cognome

Cara

The strongest concentration of Cara in US arrival records points to Calabria, with 11 of 23 arrivals (48 percent) originating there.

23

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

14

Comuni of
origin

6

Regioni
represented

4

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 23
Basilicata: 1 arrivalsCalabria: 11 arrivalsCampania: 6 arrivalsLazio: 1 arrivalsPiemonte: 1 arrivalsSicilia: 3 arrivals

Top regione

Calabria

11 of 23
48 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 0
0 to 1
1 to 3
3+

Persone notevoli

Notable Cara 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.

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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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Carara

6 US arrivals

Carcara

3 US arrivals

Carrara

86 US arrivals

Calcara

25 US arrivals

Di cara

16 US arrivals

Carfara

5 US arrivals

De cara

4 US arrivals

La cara

4 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 Cara.

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

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