Cognome

Devita

The strongest concentration of Devita in US arrival records points to Campania, with 53 of 101 arrivals (52 percent) originating there.

101

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 101

Top regione

Campania

53 of 101
52 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 2

2 to 5

5 to 16

16+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

10 regioni represented

Campania5352%
Sicilia1919%
Molise88%
Calabria77%
Abruzzo44%
Puglia44%
Lazio22%
Basilicata22%
Toscana11%
Liguria11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Resuttano
12
Provincia CL
Padula
5
Provincia SA
Napoli
5
Provincia NA
Pietravairano
4
Provincia CE
Calabritto
4
Provincia AV
Scontrone
3
Provincia AQ
Gioiosa Ionica
3
Provincia RC
Rutino
3
Provincia SA
Sala Consilina
3
Provincia SA
Pizzone
3
Provincia IS
Oliveto Citra
3
Provincia SA
Toritto
3
Provincia BA
Roccadaspide
3
Provincia SA
Nusco
3
Provincia AV
Venetico
2
Provincia ME

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Resuttano	CL	12
Padula	SA	5
Napoli	NA	5
Pietravairano	CE	4
Calabritto	AV	4
Scontrone	AQ	3
Gioiosa Ionica	RC	3
Rutino	SA	3
Sala Consilina	SA	3
Pizzone	IS	3
Oliveto Citra	SA	3
Toritto	BA	3
Roccadaspide	SA	3
Nusco	AV	3
Venetico	ME	2

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 devita

1 US arrivals

Devito

156 US arrivals

Rosso devita

1 US arrivals

Russo-devita

1 US arrivals

De vita

189 US arrivals

Devitis

2 US arrivals

Decivita

2 US arrivals

Del vita

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 Devita.

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