Cognome

Rosa

The strongest concentration of Rosa in US arrival records points to Campania, with 114 of 488 arrivals (23 percent) originating there.

488

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

198

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 488

Top regione

Campania

114 of 488
23 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 3

3 to 11

11 to 34

34+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

17 regioni represented

Campania11423%
Basilicata7515%
Abruzzo5211%
Calabria4910%
Sicilia469%
Friuli-Venezia Giulia418%
Molise235%
Toscana214%
Lazio204%
Puglia163%
Piemonte112%
Lombardia82%
Marche61%
Liguria20%
Veneto20%
Sardegna10%
Emilia-Romagna10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Avigliano
51
Provincia PZ
Frisanco
23
Provincia PN
Cercemaggiore
16
Provincia CB
Acri
16
Provincia CS
Pontremoli
13
Provincia MS
Potenza
12
Provincia PZ
Sturno
12
Provincia AV
Fossa
10
Provincia AQ
Udine
9
Provincia UD
Maniago
9
Provincia PN
Napoli
9
Provincia NA
Ceppaloni
8
Provincia BN
L'Aquila
7
Provincia AQ
Avellino
7
Provincia AV
Pozzallo
7
Provincia RG

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Avigliano	PZ	51
Frisanco	PN	23
Cercemaggiore	CB	16
Acri	CS	16
Pontremoli	MS	13
Potenza	PZ	12
Sturno	AV	12
Fossa	AQ	10
Udine	UD	9
Maniago	PN	9
Napoli	NA	9
Ceppaloni	BN	8
L'Aquila	AQ	7
Avellino	AV	7
Pozzallo	RG	7

Persone notevoli

Notable Rosa on Wikipedia

Cristoforo Rosa
EN IT
1520 · Brescia
Pietro Rosa
1552 · Brescia
Carlo Rosa
EN IT
1613 · Giovinazzo
Salvator Rosa
EN IT
1615 · Napoli
Giuseppe Rosa
IT
1635 · Roccabernarda
Francesco Rosa
EN
1638 · Roma
Bartolomeo Rosa
EN
1648 · Muro Lucano
Michele Rosa
1731 · San Leo
Augusto Rosa
1738 · Roma
Costantino Rosa
IT
1803 · Bergamo
Norberto Rosa
IT
1803 · Avigliana
Pietro Rosa
EN IT
1810 · Roma
Gabriele Rosa
IT
1812 · Iseo
Concezio Rosa
IT
1824 · Castelli
Cesare Rosa
1846 · Firenze

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Cristoforo Rosa	1520	Brescia	EN IT
Pietro Rosa	1552	Brescia
Carlo Rosa	1613	Giovinazzo	EN IT
Salvator Rosa	1615	Napoli	EN IT
Giuseppe Rosa	1635	Roccabernarda	IT
Francesco Rosa	1638	Roma	EN
Bartolomeo Rosa	1648	Muro Lucano	EN
Michele Rosa	1731	San Leo
Augusto Rosa	1738	Roma
Costantino Rosa	1803	Bergamo	IT
Norberto Rosa	1803	Avigliana	IT
Pietro Rosa	1810	Roma	EN IT
Gabriele Rosa	1812	Iseo	IT
Concezio Rosa	1824	Castelli	IT
Cesare Rosa	1846	Firenze

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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M. rosa

1 US arrivals

Rosa i

1 US arrivals

De rosa

836 US arrivals

La rosa

348 US arrivals

Di rosa

115 US arrivals

Lo rosa

3 US arrivals

Ma rosa

2 US arrivals

Pi rosa

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 Rosa.

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