Cognome
Mecca
The strongest concentration of Mecca in US arrival records points to Basilicata, with 124 of 156 arrivals (79 percent) originating there.
156
US arrivals
1830 to 1912
19
Comuni of
origin
7
Regioni
represented
3
Notable on
Wikipedia
Top regione
Basilicata
124 of 156
79 percent of arrivals
Persone notevoli
Notable Mecca 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.
Meccai
1 US arrivals
Meca
2 US arrivals
Meccagi
2 US arrivals
Mecci
3 US arrivals
Mecco
2 US arrivals
Meccarie
1 US arrivals
Meccalini
1 US arrivals
Meccanico
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 Mecca.
Origini per comune
Arrival records by comune
Each row is a comune (municipality) where at least one passenger named Mecca was recorded between 1830 and 1912.
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