Cognome

Mollica

The strongest concentration of Mollica in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 120 of 228 arrivals (53 percent) originating there.

228

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 228

Top regione

Sicilia

120 of 228
53 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 4

4 to 12

12 to 36

36+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

12 regioni represented

Sicilia12053%
Campania3616%
Calabria3616%
Basilicata104%
Lazio94%
Molise63%
Toscana31%
Lombardia21%
Abruzzo21%
Puglia21%
Liguria10%
Umbria10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Lipari
28
Provincia ME
Messina
26
Provincia ME
Santomenna
11
Provincia SA
Floridia
10
Provincia SR
Reggio di Calabria
8
Provincia RC
Oliveri
8
Provincia ME
Roma
6
Provincia RM
Scilla
6
Provincia RC
Falcone
5
Provincia ME
Patti
5
Provincia ME
Ferrazzano
5
Provincia CB
Venetico
5
Provincia ME
Siracusa
5
Provincia SR
Gioiosa Marea
4
Provincia ME
San Fratello
4
Provincia ME

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Lipari	ME	28
Messina	ME	26
Santomenna	SA	11
Floridia	SR	10
Reggio di Calabria	RC	8
Oliveri	ME	8
Roma	RM	6
Scilla	RC	6
Falcone	ME	5
Patti	ME	5
Ferrazzano	CB	5
Venetico	ME	5
Siracusa	SR	5
Gioiosa Marea	ME	4
San Fratello	ME	4

Persone notevoli

Notable Mollica on Wikipedia

Emanuele Mollica
EN IT
1820 · Napoli
Carmelo Mollica
IT
1920 · Siracusa
Massimo Mollica
EN IT
1929 · Pace del Mela
Vincenzo Mollica
IT
1953 · Formigine
Paolo Mollica
1967 · Guglionesi
Fabiana Mollica
EN IT
1983 · Verbania
Antonio Mollica
EN
2000 · Italia

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Emanuele Mollica	1820	Napoli	EN IT
Carmelo Mollica	1920	Siracusa	IT
Massimo Mollica	1929	Pace del Mela	EN IT
Vincenzo Mollica	1953	Formigine	IT
Paolo Mollica	1967	Guglionesi
Fabiana Mollica	1983	Verbania	EN IT
Antonio Mollica	2000	Italia	EN

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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Molica

23 US arrivals

Mollicani

1 US arrivals

Mollicari

1 US arrivals

Mollico

4 US arrivals

Mollica bisci

2 US arrivals

Molli

11 US arrivals

Mollicone

28 US arrivals

Favazzi mollica

2 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 Mollica.

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