Cognome

De Palma

The strongest concentration of De Palma in US arrival records points to Puglia, with 66 of 161 arrivals (41 percent) originating there.

161

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

74

Comuni of
origin

14

Regioni
represented

11

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 161
Abruzzo: 7 arrivalsPuglia: 66 arrivalsBasilicata: 4 arrivalsCalabria: 3 arrivalsCampania: 54 arrivalsLazio: 7 arrivalsLiguria: 1 arrivalsMarche: 2 arrivalsMolise: 4 arrivalsPiemonte: 1 arrivalsSardegna: 1 arrivalsSicilia: 6 arrivalsToscana: 2 arrivalsVeneto: 3 arrivals

Top regione

Puglia

66 of 161
41 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 2
2 to 7
7 to 20
20+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

14 regioni represented

  • Puglia6641%
  • Campania5434%
  • Lazio74%
  • Abruzzo74%
  • Sicilia64%
  • Basilicata42%
  • Molise42%
  • Veneto32%
  • Calabria32%
  • Toscana21%
  • Marche21%
  • Piemonte11%
  • Sardegna11%
  • Liguria11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable De Palma 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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Palma

351 US arrivals

Di palma

341 US arrivals

De palme

2 US arrivals

De palmo

2 US arrivals

Dio palma

1 US arrivals

Depalma

51 US arrivals

De palo

14 US arrivals

De pala

3 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 De Palma.

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