Cognome

Perrella

The strongest concentration of Perrella in US arrival records points to Molise, with 61 of 132 arrivals (46 percent) originating there.

132

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

47

Comuni of
origin

7

Regioni
represented

6

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 132
Abruzzo: 2 arrivalsPuglia: 12 arrivalsBasilicata: 5 arrivalsCalabria: 3 arrivalsCampania: 46 arrivalsMolise: 61 arrivalsSicilia: 3 arrivals

Top regione

Molise

61 of 132
46 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 2
2 to 6
6 to 18
18+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

7 regioni represented

  • Molise6146%
  • Campania4635%
  • Puglia129%
  • Basilicata54%
  • Calabria32%
  • Sicilia32%
  • Abruzzo22%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Perrella 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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Perella

55 US arrivals

Perrela

1 US arrivals

Perrelli

65 US arrivals

Perrello

13 US arrivals

Perreli

1 US arrivals

Pernarella

6 US arrivals

Perricella

3 US arrivals

Petrella

245 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 Perrella.

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