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Fava

The strongest concentration of Fava in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 42 of 163 arrivals (26 percent) originating there.

163

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

60

Comuni of
origin

13

Regioni
represented

33

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 163
Abruzzo: 7 arrivalsPuglia: 1 arrivalsBasilicata: 4 arrivalsCalabria: 41 arrivalsCampania: 24 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 24 arrivalsLazio: 7 arrivalsLombardia: 5 arrivalsMarche: 1 arrivalsPiemonte: 2 arrivalsSicilia: 42 arrivalsToscana: 3 arrivalsUmbria: 2 arrivals

Top regione

Sicilia

42 of 163
26 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 1
1 to 4
4 to 13
13+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

13 regioni represented

  • Sicilia4226%
  • Calabria4125%
  • Emilia-Romagna2415%
  • Campania2415%
  • Abruzzo74%
  • Lazio74%
  • Lombardia53%
  • Basilicata42%
  • Toscana32%
  • Piemonte21%
  • Umbria21%
  • Puglia11%
  • Marche11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Fava 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 fava

1 US arrivals

Del fava

4 US arrivals

Favaro

37 US arrivals

Favara

35 US arrivals

Favata

33 US arrivals

Favale

31 US arrivals

Favala

9 US arrivals

Favato

6 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 Fava.

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