Cognome

Paris

The strongest concentration of Paris in US arrival records points to Abruzzo, with 32 of 119 arrivals (27 percent) originating there.

119

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

53

Comuni of
origin

12

Regioni
represented

30

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 119
Abruzzo: 32 arrivalsPuglia: 16 arrivalsCalabria: 6 arrivalsCampania: 17 arrivalsLazio: 30 arrivalsLiguria: 1 arrivalsLombardia: 2 arrivalsMolise: 1 arrivalsPiemonte: 1 arrivalsSicilia: 9 arrivalsToscana: 2 arrivalsUmbria: 2 arrivals

Top regione

Abruzzo

32 of 119
27 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 1
1 to 3
3 to 10
10+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

12 regioni represented

  • Abruzzo3227%
  • Lazio3025%
  • Campania1714%
  • Puglia1613%
  • Sicilia98%
  • Calabria65%
  • Toscana22%
  • Lombardia22%
  • Umbria22%
  • Liguria11%
  • Molise11%
  • Piemonte11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Paris 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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De paris

2 US arrivals

Di paris

1 US arrivals

Parisi

922 US arrivals

Parise

185 US arrivals

Pariso

11 US arrivals

Parisa

3 US arrivals

Parisc

1 US arrivals

Pari

9 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 Paris.

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