Cognome

Pavia

The strongest concentration of Pavia in US arrival records points to Puglia, with 50 of 120 arrivals (42 percent) originating there.

120

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

37

Comuni of
origin

9

Regioni
represented

6

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 120
Abruzzo: 3 arrivalsPuglia: 50 arrivalsCalabria: 5 arrivalsCampania: 10 arrivalsLazio: 21 arrivalsLombardia: 2 arrivalsMarche: 1 arrivalsPiemonte: 6 arrivalsSicilia: 22 arrivals

Top regione

Puglia

50 of 120
42 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 2
2 to 5
5 to 15
15+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

9 regioni represented

  • Puglia5042%
  • Sicilia2218%
  • Lazio2118%
  • Campania108%
  • Piemonte65%
  • Calabria54%
  • Abruzzo33%
  • Lombardia22%
  • Marche11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Pavia 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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Pavi

3 US arrivals

Paravia

2 US arrivals

Pasavia

1 US arrivals

Pavialo

1 US arrivals

Paviano

1 US arrivals

Pavio

3 US arrivals

Pavino

2 US arrivals

Paviti

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 Pavia.

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