Cognome

Ricotta

The strongest concentration of Ricotta in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 114 of 144 arrivals (79 percent) originating there.

144

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

36

Comuni of
origin

9

Regioni
represented

1

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 144
Abruzzo: 11 arrivalsBasilicata: 6 arrivalsCalabria: 2 arrivalsCampania: 3 arrivalsFriuli-Venezia Giulia: 1 arrivalsMolise: 2 arrivalsPiemonte: 1 arrivalsSicilia: 114 arrivalsToscana: 4 arrivals

Top regione

Sicilia

114 of 144
79 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 3
3 to 11
11 to 34
34+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

9 regioni represented

  • Sicilia11479%
  • Abruzzo118%
  • Basilicata64%
  • Toscana43%
  • Campania32%
  • Calabria21%
  • Molise21%
  • Piemonte11%
  • Friuli-Venezia Giulia11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Ricotta 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.

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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Ricottta

1 US arrivals

Riccotta

2 US arrivals

Ricota

3 US arrivals

Ricotto

6 US arrivals

Ricotti

2 US arrivals

Riciotta

6 US arrivals

Ricote

3 US arrivals

Richiotta

2 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 Ricotta.

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