Cognome

Fera

The strongest concentration of Fera in US arrival records points to Calabria, with 72 of 139 arrivals (52 percent) originating there.

139

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 139

Top regione

Calabria

72 of 139
52 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 2

2 to 7

7 to 22

22+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

12 regioni represented

Calabria7252%
Campania3022%
Marche118%
Lombardia96%
Sicilia54%
Piemonte32%
Puglia21%
Lazio21%
Toscana21%
Basilicata11%
Abruzzo11%
Umbria11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Cellara
16
Provincia CS
Petrizzi
16
Provincia CZ
Chiaravalle
11
Provincia AN
Marzano Appio
10
Provincia CE
Marzano
6
Provincia PV
Catanzaro
5
Provincia CZ
Soverato
4
Provincia CZ
Teano
4
Provincia CE
Melissa
4
Provincia KR
Cittanova
4
Provincia RC
Mesoraca
4
Provincia KR
Chiaravalle Centrale
3
Provincia CZ
Caserta
3
Provincia CE
Cortale
2
Provincia CZ
Missaglia
2
Provincia LC

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Cellara	CS	16
Petrizzi	CZ	16
Chiaravalle	AN	11
Marzano Appio	CE	10
Marzano	PV	6
Catanzaro	CZ	5
Soverato	CZ	4
Teano	CE	4
Melissa	KR	4
Cittanova	RC	4
Mesoraca	KR	4
Chiaravalle Centrale	CZ	3
Caserta	CE	3
Cortale	CZ	2
Missaglia	LC	2

Persone notevoli

Notable Fera on Wikipedia

Saverio Fera
1850 · Petrizzi
Cesare Fera
IT
1858 · Petrizzi
Luigi Fera
EN IT
1868 · Cellara
Saverio Fera
IT
1890 · Petrizzi
Cesare Fera
IT
1922 · Savona
Vincenzo Fera
IT
1949 · Monterosso Calabro
Francesco Saverio Fera
1962 · Genova

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Saverio Fera	1850	Petrizzi
Cesare Fera	1858	Petrizzi	IT
Luigi Fera	1868	Cellara	EN IT
Saverio Fera	1890	Petrizzi	IT
Cesare Fera	1922	Savona	IT
Vincenzo Fera	1949	Monterosso Calabro	IT
Francesco Saverio Fera	1962	Genova

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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Ferara

6 US arrivals

Ferera

1 US arrivals

Ferrera

71 US arrivals

La fera

8 US arrivals

Feraara

1 US arrivals

Ferarra

1 US arrivals

Feriera

1 US arrivals

Ferra

44 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 Fera.

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