Cognome

Chiarella

The strongest concentration of Chiarella in US arrival records points to Calabria, with 71 of 131 arrivals (54 percent) originating there.

131

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

41

Comuni of
origin

7

Regioni
represented

3

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 131
Abruzzo: 12 arrivalsPuglia: 5 arrivalsBasilicata: 7 arrivalsCalabria: 71 arrivalsCampania: 13 arrivalsPiemonte: 1 arrivalsSicilia: 22 arrivals

Top regione

Calabria

71 of 131
54 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 2
2 to 7
7 to 21
21+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

7 regioni represented

  • Calabria7154%
  • Sicilia2217%
  • Campania1310%
  • Abruzzo129%
  • Basilicata75%
  • Puglia54%
  • Piemonte11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Chiarella 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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Chiacchiarella

3 US arrivals

Chiarell

2 US arrivals

Chiaparella

1 US arrivals

Chiavarella

1 US arrivals

Cochiarella

1 US arrivals

Chiarello

134 US arrivals

Chiarelli

100 US arrivals

Cocchiarella

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 Chiarella.

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