Cognome

Potesta

The strongest concentration of Potesta in US arrival records points to Molise, with 6 of 10 arrivals (60 percent) originating there.

10

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

5

Comuni of
origin

3

Regioni
represented

0

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 10
Calabria: 3 arrivalsCampania: 1 arrivalsMolise: 6 arrivals

Top regione

Molise

6 of 10
60 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
1
2
3 to 5
6+

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.

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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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Potestà

3 US arrivals

Potesto

1 US arrivals

Potestio

13 US arrivals

Portesta

2 US arrivals

Potestro

1 US arrivals

Potestivo

3 US arrivals

Capotesta

2 US arrivals

Potestino

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 Potesta.

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

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