Cognome
Polenta
The strongest concentration of Polenta in US arrival records points to Molise, with 2 of 3 arrivals (67 percent) originating there.
3
US arrivals
1830 to 1912
2
Comuni of
origin
2
Regioni
represented
2
Notable on
Wikipedia
Top regione
Molise
2 of 3
67 percent of arrivals
Persone notevoli
Notable Polenta 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.
Polentes
1 US arrivals
Polena
2 US arrivals
Poleta
1 US arrivals
Poppalenta
1 US arrivals
Poletta
5 US arrivals
Palenta
1 US arrivals
Polensa
1 US arrivals
Polenza
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 Polenta.
Origini per comune
Arrival records by comune
Each row is a comune (municipality) where at least one passenger named Polenta was recorded between 1830 and 1912.
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