Cognome

Petta

The strongest concentration of Petta in US arrival records points to Molise, with 36 of 118 arrivals (31 percent) originating there.

118

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 118

Top regione

Molise

36 of 118
31 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 1

1 to 4

4 to 11

11+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

11 regioni represented

Molise3631%
Campania2824%
Calabria1614%
Sicilia1513%
Basilicata119%
Lazio33%
Puglia33%
Friuli-Venezia Giulia22%
Abruzzo22%
Emilia-Romagna11%
Liguria11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Carpinone
16
Provincia IS
Roccadaspide
12
Provincia SA
Ripacandida
10
Provincia PZ
Cercepiccola
8
Provincia CB
Palermo
5
Provincia PA
Campobasso
4
Provincia CB
Isernia
4
Provincia IS
San Cipirello
4
Provincia PA
Nocera Inferiore
4
Provincia SA
Castelmauro
3
Provincia CB
Castroregio
3
Provincia CS
Mezzojuso
3
Provincia PA
Giffoni Sei Casali
3
Provincia SA
Trebisacce
2
Provincia CS
Piane Crati
2
Provincia CS

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Carpinone	IS	16
Roccadaspide	SA	12
Ripacandida	PZ	10
Cercepiccola	CB	8
Palermo	PA	5
Campobasso	CB	4
Isernia	IS	4
San Cipirello	PA	4
Nocera Inferiore	SA	4
Castelmauro	CB	3
Castroregio	CS	3
Mezzojuso	PA	3
Giffoni Sei Casali	SA	3
Trebisacce	CS	2
Piane Crati	CS	2

Persone notevoli

Notable Petta on Wikipedia

Marco Petta
IT
1921 · Piana degli Albanesi
Adriano Petta
IT
1945 · Carpinone
Francesco Miano-Petta
EN IT
1979 · Napoli

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Marco Petta	1921	Piana degli Albanesi	IT
Adriano Petta	1945	Carpinone	IT
Francesco Miano-Petta	1979	Napoli	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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Di petta

20 US arrivals

Petretta

16 US arrivals

La petta

2 US arrivals

Peta

20 US arrivals

Peretta

16 US arrivals

Petitta

7 US arrivals

Peletta

4 US arrivals

Pecetta

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 Petta.

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