Cognome

Perrotta

The strongest concentration of Perrotta in US arrival records points to Campania, with 304 of 496 arrivals (61 percent) originating there.

496

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

159

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 496

Top regione

Campania

304 of 496
61 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 9

9 to 30

30 to 91

91+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

14 regioni represented

Campania30461%
Calabria6012%
Molise235%
Basilicata235%
Sicilia214%
Abruzzo184%
Lazio173%
Puglia133%
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol51%
Marche41%
Lombardia20%
Umbria20%
Piemonte20%
Toscana20%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Paolisi
31
Provincia BN
Cervinara
21
Provincia AV
Napoli
20
Provincia NA
Roccaromana
20
Provincia CE
Sessa Aurunca
15
Provincia CE
Scilla
14
Provincia RC
Caserta
13
Provincia CE
Roccamonfina
10
Provincia CE
Avellino
9
Provincia AV
Albi
9
Provincia CZ
Bonefro
8
Provincia CB
Airola
8
Provincia BN
Esperia
8
Provincia FR
Picerno
8
Provincia PZ
Rutino
7
Provincia SA

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Paolisi	BN	31
Cervinara	AV	21
Napoli	NA	20
Roccaromana	CE	20
Sessa Aurunca	CE	15
Scilla	RC	14
Caserta	CE	13
Roccamonfina	CE	10
Avellino	AV	9
Albi	CZ	9
Bonefro	CB	8
Airola	BN	8
Esperia	FR	8
Picerno	PZ	8
Rutino	SA	7

Persone notevoli

Notable Perrotta on Wikipedia

Giuseppe Perrotta
IT
1843 · Catania
Agatino Perrotta
IT
1845 · Catania
Gennaro Perrotta
IT
1900 · Termoli
Louis A. Perrotta
EN
1900 · Arienzo
Giovambattista Perrotta
IT
1922 · Eboli
Umberto Perrotta
1924 · Paola
Giorgio Perrotta
IT
1940 · Roma
Aldo Perrotta
IT
1949 · Napoli
Stefano Perrotta
IT
1949 · Catanzaro
Santo Perrotta
IT
1959 · Cosenza
Romolo Perrotta
1962 · Cosenza
Gennaro Perrotta
1968 · Napoli
Mario Perrotta
IT
1970 · Lecce
Maria Perrotta
EN IT
1974 · Cosenza
Massimiliano Perrotta
IT
1974 · Catania

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Giuseppe Perrotta	1843	Catania	IT
Agatino Perrotta	1845	Catania	IT
Gennaro Perrotta	1900	Termoli	IT
Louis A. Perrotta	1900	Arienzo	EN
Giovambattista Perrotta	1922	Eboli	IT
Umberto Perrotta	1924	Paola
Giorgio Perrotta	1940	Roma	IT
Aldo Perrotta	1949	Napoli	IT
Stefano Perrotta	1949	Catanzaro	IT
Santo Perrotta	1959	Cosenza	IT
Romolo Perrotta	1962	Cosenza
Gennaro Perrotta	1968	Napoli
Mario Perrotta	1970	Lecce	IT
Maria Perrotta	1974	Cosenza	EN IT
Massimiliano Perrotta	1974	Catania	IT

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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Perrota

42 US arrivals

Perotta

30 US arrivals

Perrotti

75 US arrivals

Perrotto

8 US arrivals

Perrotte

1 US arrivals

Perrot

1 US arrivals

Perrottoa

2 US arrivals

Perrtotta

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 Perrotta.

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