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La Porta
The strongest concentration of La Porta in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 66 of 154 arrivals (43 percent) originating there.
154
US arrivals
1830 to 1912
69
Comuni of
origin
12
Regioni
represented
9
Notable on
Wikipedia
Top regione
Sicilia
66 of 154
43 percent of arrivals
Cittadinanza per discendenza
Could your La Porta line qualify for Italian citizenship?
The largest share of La Porta arrivals came from Sicilia, most often from the provincia of Enna. If one of them is your ancestor, Italy may recognize you as a citizen under jure sanguinis (citizenship by descent).
The surname alone does not decide it. Each generation between that ancestor and you does: who naturalized, and when. Since the 2025 law, the number of generations matters too.
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A La Porta from Sicilia
Most often from Enna (EN)
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Distribuzione per regione
Concentration by regione
12 regioni represented
- Sicilia6643%
- Campania3321%
- Calabria1510%
- Molise128%
- Puglia96%
- Abruzzo53%
- Basilicata43%
- Emilia-Romagna32%
- Lombardia32%
- Lazio21%
- Veneto11%
- Sardegna11%
Origini per comune
Arrival records by comune
Each row is a comune (municipality) where at least one passenger named La Porta was recorded between 1830 and 1912.
- Nicosia
26
Provincia EN
Provincia EN
Provincia PA
Provincia ME
Provincia CE
Provincia PA
Provincia AG
Provincia CB
Provincia FG
Provincia SA
Provincia PC
Provincia BN
Provincia SA
Provincia IS
Provincia RC
| Comune | Provincia | US Arrivals |
|---|---|---|
| Nicosia | EN | 26 |
| Sperlinga | EN | 8 |
| Palermo | PA | 7 |
| Messina | ME | 6 |
| Castel Campagnano | CE | 5 |
| Ciminna | PA | 5 |
| Raffadali | AG | 4 |
| Cercemaggiore | CB | 3 |
| San Marco in Lamis | FG | 3 |
| Pertosa | SA | 3 |
| Castel San Giovanni | PC | 3 |
| Faicchio | BN | 3 |
| Omignano | SA | 3 |
| Frosolone | IS | 3 |
| Serrata | RC | 3 |
Persone notevoli
Notable La Porta 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.
Porta
69 US arrivals
Lo porta
6 US arrivals
La porte
2 US arrivals
La porto
2 US arrivals
La poerta
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 La Porta.