Cognome

Mule

The strongest concentration of Mule in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 190 of 239 arrivals (79 percent) originating there.

239

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 239

Top regione

Sicilia

190 of 239
79 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 6

6 to 19

19 to 57

57+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

8 regioni represented

Sicilia19079%
Piemonte2310%
Calabria115%
Campania83%
Abruzzo31%
Molise21%
Lombardia10%
Basilicata10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Caltabellotta
42
Provincia AG
Sambuco
23
Provincia CN
Menfi
20
Provincia AG
Partanna
14
Provincia TP
Lucca Sicula
12
Provincia AG
Valledolmo
8
Provincia PA
Montevago
7
Provincia AG
Villalba
7
Provincia CL
Roccapalumba
6
Provincia PA
Villarosa
5
Provincia EN
Ribera
5
Provincia AG
Palermo
4
Provincia PA
Gerace
4
Provincia RC
Licata
4
Provincia AG
Marianopoli
4
Provincia CL

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Caltabellotta	AG	42
Sambuco	CN	23
Menfi	AG	20
Partanna	TP	14
Lucca Sicula	AG	12
Valledolmo	PA	8
Montevago	AG	7
Villalba	CL	7
Roccapalumba	PA	6
Villarosa	EN	5
Ribera	AG	5
Palermo	PA	4
Gerace	RC	4
Licata	AG	4
Marianopoli	CL	4

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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Muleo

1 US arrivals

Muler

1 US arrivals

Muleta

9 US arrivals

Mule dome

1 US arrivals

Muletta

3 US arrivals

Muletti

3 US arrivals

Muletto

2 US arrivals

Muli

103 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 Mule.

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