Cognome

Mottola

The strongest concentration of Mottola in US arrival records points to Campania, with 108 of 125 arrivals (86 percent) originating there.

125

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 125

Top regione

Campania

108 of 125
86 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 3

3 to 11

11 to 32

32+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

8 regioni represented

Campania10886%
Puglia54%
Sicilia43%
Calabria32%
Molise22%
Basilicata11%
Abruzzo11%
Umbria11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Postiglione
20
Provincia SA
Teano
10
Provincia CE
Pietradefusi
9
Provincia AV
Avellino
9
Provincia AV
Benevento
9
Provincia BN
Atripalda
6
Provincia AV
Serino
5
Provincia AV
Napoli
4
Provincia NA
Salerno
4
Provincia SA
San Nazzaro
4
Provincia BN
Apice
3
Provincia BN
Poggiomarino
3
Provincia NA
San Marzano sul Sarno
2
Provincia SA
Sessa Cilento
2
Provincia SA
Ginosa
2
Provincia TA

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Postiglione	SA	20
Teano	CE	10
Pietradefusi	AV	9
Avellino	AV	9
Benevento	BN	9
Atripalda	AV	6
Serino	AV	5
Napoli	NA	4
Salerno	SA	4
San Nazzaro	BN	4
Apice	BN	3
Poggiomarino	NA	3
San Marzano sul Sarno	SA	2
Sessa Cilento	SA	2
Ginosa	TA	2

Persone notevoli

Notable Mottola on Wikipedia

Raffaele Mottola
1892 · Tropea
Francesco Mottola
EN IT
1901 · Tropea
Riccardo Mottola
IT
1904 · Lecce
Angelo Mottola
EN
1935 · Aversa
Giuseppe Mottola
IT
1936 · Calvi
Giovanni Mottola
IT
1946 · Milano
Angelo Mottola
1957 · Foggia
Patrizia Mottola
EN IT
1970 · Vicenza
Tommaso Mottola
2000 · Napoli

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Raffaele Mottola	1892	Tropea
Francesco Mottola	1901	Tropea	EN IT
Riccardo Mottola	1904	Lecce	IT
Angelo Mottola	1935	Aversa	EN
Giuseppe Mottola	1936	Calvi	IT
Giovanni Mottola	1946	Milano	IT
Angelo Mottola	1957	Foggia
Patrizia Mottola	1970	Vicenza	EN IT
Tommaso Mottola	2000	Napoli

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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Motola

14 US arrivals

Motto

18 US arrivals

Mottolese

3 US arrivals

Mottolini

2 US arrivals

Mottoliano

2 US arrivals

Zottola

28 US arrivals

Mattola

5 US arrivals

Mortola

3 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 Mottola.

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