Cognome

Pica

The strongest concentration of Pica in US arrival records points to Campania, with 44 of 119 arrivals (37 percent) originating there.

119

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

56

Comuni of
origin

9

Regioni
represented

11

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 119
Abruzzo: 7 arrivalsBasilicata: 24 arrivalsCalabria: 7 arrivalsCampania: 44 arrivalsLazio: 24 arrivalsMarche: 2 arrivalsMolise: 2 arrivalsSicilia: 6 arrivalsUmbria: 3 arrivals

Top regione

Campania

44 of 119
37 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 1
1 to 4
4 to 13
13+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

9 regioni represented

  • Campania4437%
  • Basilicata2420%
  • Lazio2420%
  • Abruzzo76%
  • Calabria76%
  • Sicilia65%
  • Umbria33%
  • Marche22%
  • Molise22%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Pica 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.

Read guide

Di pica

1 US arrivals

La pica

1 US arrivals

Picca

27 US arrivals

Picat

1 US arrivals

Del pica

1 US arrivals

Picano

19 US arrivals

Picaro

18 US arrivals

Picari

7 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 Pica.

Italian citizenship by descent

You may have a claim to Italian citizenship

Italy grants citizenship to many descendants of its emigrants, but the law is narrowing who qualifies. Leave your email, and we will tell you when the rules change.