Cognome

Larosa

The strongest concentration of Larosa in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 98 of 189 arrivals (52 percent) originating there.

189

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 189

Top regione

Sicilia

98 of 189
52 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 3

3 to 10

10 to 29

29+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

11 regioni represented

Sicilia9852%
Calabria6434%
Campania84%
Basilicata63%
Puglia32%
Lazio32%
Abruzzo32%
Lombardia11%
Molise11%
Piemonte11%
Emilia-Romagna11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Messina
25
Provincia ME
Sciacca
19
Provincia AG
Gerace
12
Provincia RC
Reggio di Calabria
9
Provincia RC
Santa Ninfa
8
Provincia TP
Trabia
7
Provincia PA
Mammola
6
Provincia RC
Palermo
6
Provincia PA
Valledolmo
4
Provincia PA
Caulonia
4
Provincia RC
Melilli
3
Provincia SR
Maropati
3
Provincia RC
Castroreale
3
Provincia ME
Campofiorito
3
Provincia PA
Cinquefrondi
3
Provincia RC

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Messina	ME	25
Sciacca	AG	19
Gerace	RC	12
Reggio di Calabria	RC	9
Santa Ninfa	TP	8
Trabia	PA	7
Mammola	RC	6
Palermo	PA	6
Valledolmo	PA	4
Caulonia	RC	4
Melilli	SR	3
Maropati	RC	3
Castroreale	ME	3
Campofiorito	PA	3
Cinquefrondi	RC	3

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.

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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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Larossa

26 US arrivals

Larose

2 US arrivals

Larosa-mazza

1 US arrivals

La rosa

348 US arrivals

Larossi

6 US arrivals

Latrosa

2 US arrivals

Lagrosa

1 US arrivals

Larosca

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 Larosa.

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