Cognome

Nicotera

The strongest concentration of Nicotera in US arrival records points to Calabria, with 44 of 59 arrivals (75 percent) originating there.

59

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

29

Comuni of
origin

7

Regioni
represented

5

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 59
Puglia: 3 arrivalsCalabria: 44 arrivalsCampania: 3 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 1 arrivalsLazio: 1 arrivalsMarche: 1 arrivalsSicilia: 6 arrivals

Top regione

Calabria

44 of 59
75 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 1
1 to 4
4 to 13
13+

Persone notevoli

Notable Nicotera on Wikipedia

  • Giovanni Nicotera

    ENIT

    1828 · Sambiase

  • Nicola Nicotera

    1882 · Nicastro

  • Pierluigi Nicotera

    1956 · Catanzaro

  • Chiara Nicotera

    1967 · Napoli

  • Giacomo Nicotera

    ENIT

    1996 · Trieste

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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Nicotero

1 US arrivals

Nicotra

48 US arrivals

Nicotesa

3 US arrivals

Nicolera

1 US arrivals

Nicotara

1 US arrivals

Nicotella

1 US arrivals

Nicotelli

1 US arrivals

Nicora

16 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 Nicotera.

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

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