Cognome

Raia

The strongest concentration of Raia in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 89 of 154 arrivals (58 percent) originating there.

154

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 154

Top regione

Sicilia

89 of 154
58 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 3

3 to 9

9 to 27

27+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

9 regioni represented

Sicilia8958%
Campania4831%
Piemonte43%
Lazio32%
Puglia32%
Abruzzo32%
Calabria21%
Toscana11%
Friuli-Venezia Giulia11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Caltabellotta
15
Provincia AG
Avellino
10
Provincia AV
Bisacquino
9
Provincia PA
Palermo
8
Provincia PA
Somma Vesuviana
8
Provincia NA
Calamonaci
8
Provincia AG
Napoli
7
Provincia NA
Mariglianella
7
Provincia NA
Casteldaccia
6
Provincia PA
Corleone
6
Provincia PA
Caltavuturo
5
Provincia PA
Menfi
4
Provincia AG
Sambuco
4
Provincia CN
Riesi
3
Provincia CL
Ripi
3
Provincia FR

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Caltabellotta	AG	15
Avellino	AV	10
Bisacquino	PA	9
Palermo	PA	8
Somma Vesuviana	NA	8
Calamonaci	AG	8
Napoli	NA	7
Mariglianella	NA	7
Casteldaccia	PA	6
Corleone	PA	6
Caltavuturo	PA	5
Menfi	AG	4
Sambuco	CN	4
Riesi	CL	3
Ripi	FR	3

Persone notevoli

Notable Raia on Wikipedia

Vito Raia
IT
1927 · Ravanusa
Annachiara Raia
1988 · Napoli

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Vito Raia	1927	Ravanusa	IT
Annachiara Raia	1988	Napoli

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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La raia

7 US arrivals

Di raia

2 US arrivals

Raiano

25 US arrivals

Rai

7 US arrivals

Raiata

3 US arrivals

Raiani

1 US arrivals

Raiato

1 US arrivals

Razaia

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 Raia.

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