Cognome

Mezza

The strongest concentration of Mezza in US arrival records points to Campania, with 31 of 49 arrivals (63 percent) originating there.

49

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

19

Comuni of
origin

10

Regioni
represented

2

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 49
Abruzzo: 4 arrivalsPuglia: 3 arrivalsBasilicata: 1 arrivalsCalabria: 2 arrivalsCampania: 31 arrivalsFriuli-Venezia Giulia: 1 arrivalsLazio: 2 arrivalsLombardia: 1 arrivalsPiemonte: 1 arrivalsSicilia: 3 arrivals

Top regione

Campania

31 of 49
63 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 1
1 to 3
3 to 9
9+

Persone notevoli

Notable Mezza 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 mezza

22 US arrivals

Meza

1 US arrivals

Mezzano

10 US arrivals

Mezzaca

4 US arrivals

Mezzara

2 US arrivals

Mezzana

1 US arrivals

Mezzaro

1 US arrivals

Mezzo

13 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 Mezza.

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

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