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Oresta
The strongest concentration of Oresta in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 4 of 5 arrivals (80 percent) originating there.
5
US arrivals
1830 to 1912
2
Comuni of
origin
2
Regioni
represented
0
Notable on
Wikipedia
Top regione
Sicilia
4 of 5
80 percent of arrivals
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.
Orestano
4 US arrivals
Oreste
22 US arrivals
Oresti
8 US arrivals
Foresta
50 US arrivals
Orestti
1 US arrivals
Floresta
4 US arrivals
Resta
20 US arrivals
Oresi
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 Oresta.
Origini per comune
Arrival records by comune
Each row is a comune (municipality) where at least one passenger named Oresta was recorded between 1830 and 1912.
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