Cognome

Laporta

The strongest concentration of Laporta in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 49 of 103 arrivals (48 percent) originating there.

103

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

43

Comuni of
origin

8

Regioni
represented

2

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 103
Puglia: 10 arrivalsBasilicata: 1 arrivalsCalabria: 1 arrivalsCampania: 28 arrivalsLiguria: 3 arrivalsMarche: 1 arrivalsMolise: 10 arrivalsSicilia: 49 arrivals

Top regione

Sicilia

49 of 103
48 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 1
1 to 5
5 to 15
15+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

8 regioni represented

  • Sicilia4948%
  • Campania2827%
  • Molise1010%
  • Puglia1010%
  • Liguria33%
  • Basilicata11%
  • Marche11%
  • Calabria11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Laporta 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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Lapporta

2 US arrivals

Lapomorta

1 US arrivals

Laporto

5 US arrivals

Laporte

1 US arrivals

La porta

154 US arrivals

Lapiorta

1 US arrivals

Laporatta

1 US arrivals

Lapore

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 Laporta.

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