Cognome

Paglia

The strongest concentration of Paglia in US arrival records points to Campania, with 71 of 182 arrivals (39 percent) originating there.

182

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

60

Comuni of
origin

14

Regioni
represented

14

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 182
Abruzzo: 24 arrivalsPuglia: 44 arrivalsBasilicata: 1 arrivalsCalabria: 2 arrivalsCampania: 71 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 2 arrivalsLazio: 11 arrivalsLiguria: 1 arrivalsLombardia: 3 arrivalsMolise: 5 arrivalsPiemonte: 2 arrivalsSicilia: 14 arrivalsTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol: 1 arrivalsVeneto: 1 arrivals

Top regione

Campania

71 of 182
39 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 2
2 to 7
7 to 21
21+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

14 regioni represented

  • Campania7139%
  • Puglia4424%
  • Abruzzo2413%
  • Sicilia148%
  • Lazio116%
  • Molise53%
  • Lombardia32%
  • Piemonte21%
  • Calabria21%
  • Emilia-Romagna21%
  • Veneto11%
  • Liguria11%
  • Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol11%
  • Basilicata11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Paglia on Wikipedia

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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Papaglia

4 US arrivals

La paglia

30 US arrivals

Di paglia

3 US arrivals

Lo paglia

1 US arrivals

Pagliania

1 US arrivals

Pappaglia

1 US arrivals

Pagliai

7 US arrivals

Pagliaccia

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 Paglia.

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