Cognome

Motta

The strongest concentration of Motta in US arrival records points to Basilicata, with 80 of 250 arrivals (32 percent) originating there.

250

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

95

Comuni of
origin

15

Regioni
represented

0

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 250
Abruzzo: 3 arrivalsPuglia: 9 arrivalsBasilicata: 80 arrivalsCalabria: 14 arrivalsCampania: 25 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 6 arrivalsLazio: 3 arrivalsLiguria: 2 arrivalsLombardia: 9 arrivalsMolise: 6 arrivalsPiemonte: 23 arrivalsSicilia: 66 arrivalsTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol: 1 arrivalsToscana: 1 arrivalsVeneto: 2 arrivals

Top regione

Basilicata

80 of 250
32 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 2
2 to 8
8 to 24
24+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

15 regioni represented

  • Basilicata8032%
  • Sicilia6626%
  • Campania2510%
  • Piemonte239%
  • Calabria146%
  • Puglia94%
  • Lombardia94%
  • Molise62%
  • Emilia-Romagna62%
  • Abruzzo31%
  • Lazio31%
  • Liguria21%
  • Veneto21%
  • Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol10%
  • Toscana10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

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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La motta

38 US arrivals

Di motta

10 US arrivals

De motta

1 US arrivals

Lo motta

1 US arrivals

Mota

5 US arrivals

Morotta

3 US arrivals

Mottaco

1 US arrivals

Motto

18 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 Motta.

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