Cognome

Petrilli

The strongest concentration of Petrilli in US arrival records points to Abruzzo, with 63 of 205 arrivals (31 percent) originating there.

205

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 205

Top regione

Abruzzo

63 of 205
31 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 2

2 to 6

6 to 19

19+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

13 regioni represented

Abruzzo6331%
Campania4120%
Lazio3015%
Basilicata199%
Molise199%
Puglia147%
Calabria105%
Piemonte21%
Sicilia21%
Marche21%
Emilia-Romagna10%
Veneto10%
Liguria10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Sulmona
28
Provincia AQ
Potenza
14
Provincia PZ
Napoli
14
Provincia NA
Gambatesa
11
Provincia CB
Ateleta
10
Provincia AQ
Bolognano
10
Provincia PE
Casalvieri
9
Provincia FR
Castelli
9
Provincia TE
Pietradefusi
4
Provincia AV
Pofi
4
Provincia FR
Foggia
3
Provincia FG
Torrice
3
Provincia FR
Bonefro
3
Provincia CB
Isernia
2
Provincia IS
Montegiordano
2
Provincia CS

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Sulmona	AQ	28
Potenza	PZ	14
Napoli	NA	14
Gambatesa	CB	11
Ateleta	AQ	10
Bolognano	PE	10
Casalvieri	FR	9
Castelli	TE	9
Pietradefusi	AV	4
Pofi	FR	4
Foggia	FG	3
Torrice	FR	3
Bonefro	CB	3
Isernia	IS	2
Montegiordano	CS	2

Persone notevoli

Notable Petrilli on Wikipedia

Oreste Petrilli
IT
1838 · Nola
Raffaele Pio Petrilli
IT
1892 · Napoli
Giuseppe Petrilli
EN IT
1913 · Napoli
Vincenza Petrilli
EN IT
1990 · Taurianova

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Oreste Petrilli	1838	Nola	IT
Raffaele Pio Petrilli	1892	Napoli	IT
Giuseppe Petrilli	1913	Napoli	EN IT
Vincenza Petrilli	1990	Taurianova	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.

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De petrilli

1 US arrivals

Petrillo

394 US arrivals

Petrilla

15 US arrivals

Petrielli

5 US arrivals

Pietrilli

1 US arrivals

Perilli

50 US arrivals

Petilli

16 US arrivals

Petrilo

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 Petrilli.

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