Cognome

Cerra

The strongest concentration of Cerra in US arrival records points to Calabria, with 76 of 113 arrivals (67 percent) originating there.

113

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

27

Comuni of
origin

8

Regioni
represented

0

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 113
Basilicata: 1 arrivalsCalabria: 76 arrivalsCampania: 16 arrivalsLombardia: 1 arrivalsMarche: 2 arrivalsMolise: 2 arrivalsSicilia: 14 arrivalsToscana: 1 arrivals

Top regione

Calabria

76 of 113
67 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 2
2 to 8
8 to 23
23+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

8 regioni represented

  • Calabria7667%
  • Campania1614%
  • Sicilia1412%
  • Molise22%
  • Marche22%
  • Lombardia11%
  • Toscana11%
  • Basilicata11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

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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Cerrara

1 US arrivals

D cerra

1 US arrivals

La cerra

1 US arrivals

Ceraberra

1 US arrivals

Cerranora

1 US arrivals

Cera

43 US arrivals

Cerrato

108 US arrivals

Cerrano

15 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 Cerra.

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