Cognome

Petrella

The strongest concentration of Petrella in US arrival records points to Campania, with 81 of 245 arrivals (33 percent) originating there.

245

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

91

Comuni of
origin

10

Regioni
represented

14

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 245
Abruzzo: 75 arrivalsPuglia: 22 arrivalsBasilicata: 14 arrivalsCalabria: 5 arrivalsCampania: 81 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 1 arrivalsLazio: 4 arrivalsMolise: 36 arrivalsSicilia: 6 arrivalsVeneto: 1 arrivals

Top regione

Campania

81 of 245
33 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 2
2 to 8
8 to 24
24+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

10 regioni represented

  • Campania8133%
  • Abruzzo7531%
  • Molise3615%
  • Puglia229%
  • Basilicata146%
  • Sicilia62%
  • Calabria52%
  • Lazio42%
  • Emilia-Romagna10%
  • Veneto10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Petrella 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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Petrela

1 US arrivals

Petotrella

1 US arrivals

Petrelli

97 US arrivals

Petrello

15 US arrivals

Petrelle

1 US arrivals

Petriella

9 US arrivals

Petrellis

2 US arrivals

Pietrella

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 Petrella.

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