Cognome

Mele

The strongest concentration of Mele in US arrival records points to Campania, with 173 of 431 arrivals (40 percent) originating there.

431

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

161

Comuni of
origin

12

Regioni
represented

30

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 431
Abruzzo: 8 arrivalsPuglia: 74 arrivalsBasilicata: 41 arrivalsCalabria: 52 arrivalsCampania: 173 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 4 arrivalsLazio: 23 arrivalsLiguria: 3 arrivalsLombardia: 5 arrivalsMolise: 16 arrivalsPiemonte: 12 arrivalsSicilia: 20 arrivals

Top regione

Campania

173 of 431
40 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 5
5 to 17
17 to 52
52+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

12 regioni represented

  • Campania17340%
  • Puglia7417%
  • Calabria5212%
  • Basilicata4110%
  • Lazio235%
  • Sicilia205%
  • Molise164%
  • Piemonte123%
  • Abruzzo82%
  • Lombardia51%
  • Emilia-Romagna41%
  • Liguria31%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Mele 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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Di mele

3 US arrivals

Lo mele

1 US arrivals

Meler

6 US arrivals

Meleo

4 US arrivals

Melea

3 US arrivals

Melle

3 US arrivals

Meles

1 US arrivals

Meleca

21 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 Mele.

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