Cognome

Pacella

The strongest concentration of Pacella in US arrival records points to Abruzzo, with 59 of 161 arrivals (37 percent) originating there.

161

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 161

Top regione

Abruzzo

59 of 161
37 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 2

2 to 6

6 to 18

18+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

11 regioni represented

Abruzzo5937%
Basilicata5333%
Campania2717%
Lazio64%
Lombardia42%
Molise32%
Veneto21%
Puglia21%
Calabria21%
Sicilia21%
Toscana11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Muro Lucano
30
Provincia PZ
Pacentro
19
Provincia AQ
Sulmona
16
Provincia AQ
Quadri
11
Provincia CH
Postiglione
7
Provincia SA
Castel di Ieri
6
Provincia AQ
Sgurgola
6
Provincia FR
Montemilone
5
Provincia PZ
San Salvatore Telesino
5
Provincia BN
Pagani
5
Provincia SA
Avigliano
4
Provincia PZ
Potenza
4
Provincia PZ
Bregnano
3
Provincia CO
Castel del Giudice
3
Provincia IS
Napoli
2
Provincia NA

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Muro Lucano	PZ	30
Pacentro	AQ	19
Sulmona	AQ	16
Quadri	CH	11
Postiglione	SA	7
Castel di Ieri	AQ	6
Sgurgola	FR	6
Montemilone	PZ	5
San Salvatore Telesino	BN	5
Pagani	SA	5
Avigliano	PZ	4
Potenza	PZ	4
Bregnano	CO	3
Castel del Giudice	IS	3
Napoli	NA	2

Persone notevoli

Notable Pacella on Wikipedia

Giuseppe Pacella
IT
1920 · Casarano
Cosimo Pacella
1955 · Gallipoli

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Giuseppe Pacella	1920	Casarano	IT
Cosimo Pacella	1955	Gallipoli

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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Pappacella

1 US arrivals

Paccella

1 US arrivals

Pacelli

113 US arrivals

Pacello

15 US arrivals

Pacelle

1 US arrivals

Della pace

2 US arrivals

Placella

12 US arrivals

Pancella

6 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 Pacella.

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