Cognome

Prete

The strongest concentration of Prete in US arrival records points to Campania, with 35 of 117 arrivals (30 percent) originating there.

117

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 117

Top regione

Campania

35 of 117
30 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 1

1 to 4

4 to 11

11+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

11 regioni represented

Campania3530%
Basilicata2219%
Calabria2017%
Molise1513%
Sicilia119%
Puglia43%
Piemonte33%
Lazio33%
Abruzzo22%
Veneto11%
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Scafati
10
Provincia SA
Pozzilli
8
Provincia IS
Rende
7
Provincia CS
Venafro
7
Provincia IS
Bella
5
Provincia PZ
San Giorgio Albanese
4
Provincia CS
Cirigliano
4
Provincia MT
Leonforte
4
Provincia EN
Lauriano
3
Provincia TO
Trivigno
3
Provincia PZ
Potenza
3
Provincia PZ
Napoli
3
Provincia NA
Dipignano
3
Provincia CS
Sarno
3
Provincia SA
Caserta
3
Provincia CE

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Scafati	SA	10
Pozzilli	IS	8
Rende	CS	7
Venafro	IS	7
Bella	PZ	5
San Giorgio Albanese	CS	4
Cirigliano	MT	4
Leonforte	EN	4
Lauriano	TO	3
Trivigno	PZ	3
Potenza	PZ	3
Napoli	NA	3
Dipignano	CS	3
Sarno	SA	3
Caserta	CE	3

Persone notevoli

Notable Prete on Wikipedia

Sesto Prete
EN IT
1919 · Montefiore dell'Aso
Franco Prete
IT
1933 · Treviso
Antonio Prete
IT
1939 · Copertino
Isabella Loschiavo Prete
1942 · Taurianova
Giancarlo Prete
EN IT
1943 · Roma
Pierluigi Prete
IT
1967 · Cisterna di Latina
Davide Prete
EN
1974 · Treviso

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Sesto Prete	1919	Montefiore dell'Aso	EN IT
Franco Prete	1933	Treviso	IT
Antonio Prete	1939	Copertino	IT
Isabella Loschiavo Prete	1942	Taurianova
Giancarlo Prete	1943	Roma	EN IT
Pierluigi Prete	1967	Cisterna di Latina	IT
Davide Prete	1974	Treviso	EN

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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Lo prete

21 US arrivals

Di prete

11 US arrivals

De prete

1 US arrivals

Prette

1 US arrivals

Del prete

49 US arrivals

Prevete

27 US arrivals

Dell prete

3 US arrivals

Preti

18 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 Prete.

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