Cognome

Piazza

The strongest concentration of Piazza in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 556 of 682 arrivals (82 percent) originating there.

682

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

148

Comuni of
origin

17

Regioni
represented

64

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 682
Abruzzo: 2 arrivalsPuglia: 4 arrivalsBasilicata: 3 arrivalsCalabria: 16 arrivalsCampania: 32 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 6 arrivalsFriuli-Venezia Giulia: 1 arrivalsLazio: 6 arrivalsLiguria: 14 arrivalsLombardia: 9 arrivalsMarche: 2 arrivalsMolise: 14 arrivalsPiemonte: 7 arrivalsSicilia: 556 arrivalsTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol: 1 arrivalsToscana: 1 arrivalsVeneto: 8 arrivals

Top regione

Sicilia

556 of 682
82 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 17
17 to 56
56 to 167
167+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

17 regioni represented

  • Sicilia55682%
  • Campania325%
  • Calabria162%
  • Molise142%
  • Liguria142%
  • Lombardia91%
  • Veneto81%
  • Piemonte71%
  • Emilia-Romagna61%
  • Lazio61%
  • Puglia41%
  • Basilicata30%
  • Marche20%
  • Abruzzo20%
  • Toscana10%
  • Friuli-Venezia Giulia10%
  • Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Piazza 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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Di piazza

73 US arrivals

De piazza

2 US arrivals

Piaza

4 US arrivals

Piazzani

3 US arrivals

Piazzale

1 US arrivals

Piazzase

1 US arrivals

Piazzo

11 US arrivals

Piazzi

10 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 Piazza.

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