Cognome

Pecora

The strongest concentration of Pecora in US arrival records points to Campania, with 68 of 166 arrivals (41 percent) originating there.

166

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 166

Top regione

Campania

68 of 166
41 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 2

2 to 7

7 to 20

20+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

10 regioni represented

Campania6841%
Calabria3622%
Basilicata2716%
Sicilia1911%
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol74%
Abruzzo32%
Puglia21%
Piemonte21%
Sardegna11%
Liguria11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Reggio di Calabria
12
Provincia RC
Sant'Arsenio
11
Provincia SA
Agropoli
10
Provincia SA
Perdifumo
9
Provincia SA
Anzi
8
Provincia PZ
San Rufo
7
Provincia SA
Pellizzano
7
Provincia TN
Rovito
7
Provincia CS
Cosenza
6
Provincia CS
Pellezzano
6
Provincia SA
Laurenzana
6
Provincia PZ
Brindisi Montagna
6
Provincia PZ
Calascibetta
6
Provincia EN
Salerno
5
Provincia SA
Borgetto
5
Provincia PA

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Reggio di Calabria	RC	12
Sant'Arsenio	SA	11
Agropoli	SA	10
Perdifumo	SA	9
Anzi	PZ	8
San Rufo	SA	7
Pellizzano	TN	7
Rovito	CS	7
Cosenza	CS	6
Pellezzano	SA	6
Laurenzana	PZ	6
Brindisi Montagna	PZ	6
Calascibetta	EN	6
Salerno	SA	5
Borgetto	PA	5

Persone notevoli

Notable Pecora on Wikipedia

Elio Pecora
EN IT
1936 · Sant'Arsenio
Paolo Pecora
1949 · Reggio Calabria
Michele Pecora
IT
1957 · Agropoli
Gaetano Pecora
1960 · Napoli

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Elio Pecora	1936	Sant'Arsenio	EN IT
Paolo Pecora	1949	Reggio Calabria
Michele Pecora	1957	Agropoli	IT
Gaetano Pecora	1960	Napoli

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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Pecorara

8 US arrivals

Peccora

1 US arrivals

Pecoraro

383 US arrivals

Pecorano

17 US arrivals

Pecorari

7 US arrivals

Pecoraso

3 US arrivals

Pecoraio

2 US arrivals

Pecorale

1 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 Pecora.

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