Cognome

Maida

The strongest concentration of Maida in US arrival records points to Calabria, with 65 of 152 arrivals (43 percent) originating there.

152

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

63

Comuni of
origin

11

Regioni
represented

1

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 152
Puglia: 1 arrivalsCalabria: 65 arrivalsCampania: 23 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 1 arrivalsLazio: 1 arrivalsLombardia: 1 arrivalsMarche: 2 arrivalsMolise: 2 arrivalsPiemonte: 1 arrivalsSicilia: 52 arrivalsTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol: 3 arrivals

Top regione

Calabria

65 of 152
43 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 2
2 to 7
7 to 20
20+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

11 regioni represented

  • Calabria6543%
  • Sicilia5234%
  • Campania2315%
  • Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol32%
  • Marche21%
  • Molise21%
  • Lombardia11%
  • Lazio11%
  • Piemonte11%
  • Emilia-Romagna11%
  • Puglia11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Maida 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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La maida

5 US arrivals

Di maida

2 US arrivals

Maido

8 US arrivals

Maide

1 US arrivals

Malabaida

1 US arrivals

Mafida

2 US arrivals

Masida

2 US arrivals

Marida

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 Maida.

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