Cognome

Petrarca

The strongest concentration of Petrarca in US arrival records points to Molise, with 88 of 180 arrivals (49 percent) originating there.

180

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 180

Top regione

Molise

88 of 180
49 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 3

3 to 9

9 to 26

26+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

10 regioni represented

Molise8849%
Abruzzo6436%
Calabria63%
Campania63%
Lazio53%
Puglia42%
Basilicata32%
Sicilia21%
Lombardia11%
Piemonte11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Fornelli
84
Provincia IS
Castel di Sangro
48
Provincia AQ
Roccaraso
5
Provincia AQ
L'Aquila
4
Provincia AQ
Sulmona
3
Provincia AQ
Formello
3
Provincia RM
Spilinga
3
Provincia VV
Fardella
2
Provincia PZ
Bari
2
Provincia BA
Petralia Sottana
1
Provincia PA
Capriati a Volturno
1
Provincia CE
Sepino
1
Provincia CB
Isernia
1
Provincia IS
Maddaloni
1
Provincia CE
Rizziconi
1
Provincia RC

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Fornelli	IS	84
Castel di Sangro	AQ	48
Roccaraso	AQ	5
L'Aquila	AQ	4
Sulmona	AQ	3
Formello	RM	3
Spilinga	VV	3
Fardella	PZ	2
Bari	BA	2
Petralia Sottana	PA	1
Capriati a Volturno	CE	1
Sepino	CB	1
Isernia	IS	1
Maddaloni	CE	1
Rizziconi	RC	1

Persone notevoli

Notable Petrarca on Wikipedia

Francesco Petrarca
EN IT
1304 · Arezzo
Bruno Petrarca
EN IT
1906 · Roma
Giacomo Petrarca
1986 · Terni
Lorenzo Petrarca
EN IT
1997 · Sant'Omero

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Francesco Petrarca	1304	Arezzo	EN IT
Bruno Petrarca	1906	Roma	EN IT
Giacomo Petrarca	1986	Terni
Lorenzo Petrarca	1997	Sant'Omero	EN 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.

Read guide

Petrarco

7 US arrivals

Petrarce

5 US arrivals

Petrarci

1 US arrivals

Petriarca

2 US arrivals

Petraca

4 US arrivals

Petarca

1 US arrivals

Petrari

1 US arrivals

Petracca

54 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 Petrarca.

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