Cognome

Questa

The strongest concentration of Questa in US arrival records points to Liguria, with 2 of 4 arrivals (50 percent) originating there.

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 4

Top regione

Liguria

2 of 4
50 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

3 to 5

Persone notevoli

Notable Questa on Wikipedia

Luigi Questa
IT
1902 · Lerici
Maria Questa
IT
1904 · Roma
Giorgio Questa
IT
1929 · Genova
Cesare Questa
EN IT
1934 · Milano

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Luigi Questa	1902	Lerici	IT
Maria Questa	1904	Roma	IT
Giorgio Questa	1929	Genova	IT
Cesare Questa	1934	Milano	EN 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.

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Questi

3 US arrivals

Ricci questa

2 US arrivals

Questra

1 US arrivals

Questoni

1 US arrivals

Questura

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 Questa.

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Davagna
1
Provincia GE
Orvieto
1
Provincia TR
Genova
1
Provincia GE
Partinico
1
Provincia PA

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Davagna	GE	1
Orvieto	TR	1
Genova	GE	1
Partinico	PA	1

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