Cognome

Papalia

The strongest concentration of Papalia in US arrival records points to Calabria, with 74 of 115 arrivals (64 percent) originating there.

115

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 115

Top regione

Calabria

74 of 115
64 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 2

2 to 7

7 to 22

22+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

11 regioni represented

Calabria7464%
Sicilia2320%
Campania76%
Puglia33%
Lombardia22%
Marche11%
Piemonte11%
Basilicata11%
Sardegna11%
Molise11%
Lazio11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Delianuova
27
Provincia RC
Messina
17
Provincia ME
Platì
11
Provincia RC
Reggio di Calabria
10
Provincia RC
Scilla
5
Provincia RC
Palmi
3
Provincia RC
Polistena
3
Provincia RC
Salerno
3
Provincia SA
Scido
3
Provincia RC
Villarosa
3
Provincia EN
Rosarno
2
Provincia RC
Sant'Alessio Siculo
2
Provincia ME
Acquaro
2
Provincia VV
Staiti
2
Provincia RC
Palmiano
1
Provincia AP

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Delianuova	RC	27
Messina	ME	17
Platì	RC	11
Reggio di Calabria	RC	10
Scilla	RC	5
Palmi	RC	3
Polistena	RC	3
Salerno	SA	3
Scido	RC	3
Villarosa	EN	3
Rosarno	RC	2
Sant'Alessio Siculo	ME	2
Acquaro	VV	2
Staiti	RC	2
Palmiano	AP	1

Persone notevoli

Notable Papalia on Wikipedia

Giuseppe Papalia
IT
1897 · Bari
Antonino Papalia
IT
1924 · Polistena
Antonio Papalia
EN IT
1954 · Platì
Rocco Papalia
1977 · Gioia Tauro
Claudio Papalia
2000 · Torino

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Giuseppe Papalia	1897	Bari	IT
Antonino Papalia	1924	Polistena	IT
Antonio Papalia	1954	Platì	EN IT
Rocco Papalia	1977	Gioia Tauro
Claudio Papalia	2000	Torino

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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Palia

3 US arrivals

Pappalia

2 US arrivals

Papali

2 US arrivals

Papalio

7 US arrivals

Paliaia

1 US arrivals

Papalis

1 US arrivals

Papal

1 US arrivals

Papaglia

4 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 Papalia.

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