Cognome

Luca

The strongest concentration of Luca in US arrival records points to Calabria, with 80 of 201 arrivals (40 percent) originating there.

201

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

101

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 201

Top regione

Calabria

80 of 201
40 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 2

2 to 8

8 to 24

24+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

13 regioni represented

Calabria8040%
Sicilia6733%
Campania2211%
Basilicata73%
Molise52%
Lombardia42%
Lazio42%
Abruzzo42%
Emilia-Romagna31%
Piemonte21%
Friuli-Venezia Giulia10%
Puglia10%
Marche10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Messina
27
Provincia ME
Gerace
14
Provincia RC
Gioiosa Ionica
12
Provincia RC
Mammola
10
Provincia RC
Petilia Policastro
5
Provincia KR
Fabrizia
5
Provincia VV
Patti
4
Provincia ME
Reggio di Calabria
4
Provincia RC
Cirò
4
Provincia KR
Polistena
3
Provincia RC
Bronte
3
Provincia CT
Losine
3
Provincia BS
Villafrati
3
Provincia PA
Colliano
3
Provincia SA
Rometta
3
Provincia ME

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Messina	ME	27
Gerace	RC	14
Gioiosa Ionica	RC	12
Mammola	RC	10
Petilia Policastro	KR	5
Fabrizia	VV	5
Patti	ME	4
Reggio di Calabria	RC	4
Cirò	KR	4
Polistena	RC	3
Bronte	CT	3
Losine	BS	3
Villafrati	PA	3
Colliano	SA	3
Rometta	ME	3

Persone notevoli

Notable Luca on Wikipedia

Ugo Luca
IT
1892 · Feltre
Augusto Luca
1917 · Molvena
Raf Luca
IT
1947 · Napoli
Massimo Luca
IT
1950 · Santa Margherita Ligure
Roberto Luca
1954 · Marostica
Laura Luca
IT
1958 · Milano
Giovanni Luca
1965 · Trieste
Giovanni Luca
1968 · Cosenza

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Ugo Luca	1892	Feltre	IT
Augusto Luca	1917	Molvena
Raf Luca	1947	Napoli	IT
Massimo Luca	1950	Santa Margherita Ligure	IT
Roberto Luca	1954	Marostica
Laura Luca	1958	Milano	IT
Giovanni Luca	1965	Trieste
Giovanni Luca	1968	Cosenza

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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Lo luca

2 US arrivals

La luca

1 US arrivals

Le luca

1 US arrivals

De luca

1,426 US arrivals

Di luca

158 US arrivals

Da luca

2 US arrivals

Lucca

91 US arrivals

Del luca

8 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 Luca.

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