Cognome

Matassa

The strongest concentration of Matassa in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 85 of 103 arrivals (83 percent) originating there.

103

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

18

Comuni of
origin

5

Regioni
represented

0

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 103
Puglia: 2 arrivalsCalabria: 2 arrivalsCampania: 3 arrivalsLazio: 11 arrivalsSicilia: 85 arrivals

Top regione

Sicilia

85 of 103
83 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 3
3 to 9
9 to 26
26+

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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Matasso

4 US arrivals

Massa

408 US arrivals

Massassa

2 US arrivals

Matasi

1 US arrivals

Malassa

6 US arrivals

Matissa

5 US arrivals

Latassa

4 US arrivals

Marassa

4 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 Matassa.

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

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