Cognome

Celia

The strongest concentration of Celia in US arrival records points to Calabria, with 79 of 102 arrivals (77 percent) originating there.

102

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

29

Comuni of
origin

8

Regioni
represented

1

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 102
Abruzzo: 2 arrivalsPuglia: 3 arrivalsCalabria: 79 arrivalsCampania: 10 arrivalsLazio: 1 arrivalsLiguria: 1 arrivalsMolise: 1 arrivalsSicilia: 5 arrivals

Top regione

Calabria

79 of 102
77 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 2
2 to 8
8 to 24
24+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

8 regioni represented

  • Calabria7977%
  • Campania1010%
  • Sicilia55%
  • Puglia33%
  • Abruzzo22%
  • Molise11%
  • Lazio11%
  • Liguria11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Celia 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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Di celia

2 US arrivals

De celia

1 US arrivals

Cellia

1 US arrivals

Celi

48 US arrivals

Celiato

2 US arrivals

Celiane

1 US arrivals

Celiani

1 US arrivals

Celiata

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 Celia.

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