Cognome

Pilla

The strongest concentration of Pilla in US arrival records points to Campania, with 92 of 159 arrivals (58 percent) originating there.

159

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 159

Top regione

Campania

92 of 159
58 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 3

3 to 9

9 to 28

28+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

10 regioni represented

Campania9258%
Molise5132%
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol32%
Puglia32%
Calabria32%
Abruzzo21%
Sicilia21%
Liguria11%
Veneto11%
Marche11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Colle Sannita
44
Provincia BN
Monteroduni
12
Provincia IS
Riccia
12
Provincia CB
Benevento
10
Provincia BN
Ferrazzano
10
Provincia CB
Pietrelcina
10
Provincia BN
Pietrabbondante
6
Provincia IS
Circello
6
Provincia BN
Campodipietra
4
Provincia CB
Capriati a Volturno
4
Provincia CE
Fragneto l'Abate
4
Provincia BN
Castelnuovo
3
Provincia TN
Napoli
3
Provincia NA
Castelpagano
3
Provincia BN
Brindisi
3
Provincia BR

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Colle Sannita	BN	44
Monteroduni	IS	12
Riccia	CB	12
Benevento	BN	10
Ferrazzano	CB	10
Pietrelcina	BN	10
Pietrabbondante	IS	6
Circello	BN	6
Campodipietra	CB	4
Capriati a Volturno	CE	4
Fragneto l'Abate	BN	4
Castelnuovo	TN	3
Napoli	NA	3
Castelpagano	BN	3
Brindisi	BR	3

Persone notevoli

Notable Pilla on Wikipedia

Leopoldo Pilla
EN IT
1805 · Venafro
Giuseppe Pilla
IT
1822 · Conegliano
Franca Pilla
EN IT
1920 · Reggio Emilia
Umberto Pilla
IT
1993 · Jesolo

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Leopoldo Pilla	1805	Venafro	EN IT
Giuseppe Pilla	1822	Conegliano	IT
Franca Pilla	1920	Reggio Emilia	EN IT
Umberto Pilla	1993	Jesolo	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.

Read guide

Di pilla

34 US arrivals

De pilla

4 US arrivals

Pillarella

10 US arrivals

Della pilla

1 US arrivals

Pillanella

1 US arrivals

Pila

3 US arrivals

Pillari

14 US arrivals

Pillano

4 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 Pilla.

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