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Mafia
The strongest concentration of Mafia in US arrival records points to Campania, with 2 of 2 arrivals (100 percent) originating there.
2
US arrivals
1830 to 1912
2
Comuni of
origin
1
Regioni
represented
0
Notable on
Wikipedia
Top regione
Campania
2 of 2
100 percent of arrivals
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.
Maffia
80 US arrivals
Marfia
13 US arrivals
Manfia
6 US arrivals
Mafeia
3 US arrivals
Mafida
2 US arrivals
Mafici
1 US arrivals
Mafieo
1 US arrivals
Mafila
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 Mafia.
Origini per comune
Arrival records by comune
Each row is a comune (municipality) where at least one passenger named Mafia was recorded between 1830 and 1912.
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