Cognome

Sala

The strongest concentration of Sala in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 90 of 174 arrivals (52 percent) originating there.

174

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

62

Comuni of
origin

13

Regioni
represented

68

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 174
Puglia: 2 arrivalsCalabria: 7 arrivalsCampania: 16 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 12 arrivalsLazio: 6 arrivalsLiguria: 3 arrivalsLombardia: 13 arrivalsMolise: 1 arrivalsPiemonte: 3 arrivalsSicilia: 90 arrivalsToscana: 8 arrivalsUmbria: 1 arrivalsVeneto: 12 arrivals

Top regione

Sicilia

90 of 174
52 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 3
3 to 9
9 to 27
27+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

13 regioni represented

  • Sicilia9052%
  • Campania169%
  • Lombardia137%
  • Veneto127%
  • Emilia-Romagna127%
  • Toscana85%
  • Calabria74%
  • Lazio63%
  • Liguria32%
  • Piemonte32%
  • Puglia21%
  • Umbria11%
  • Molise11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Sala 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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Sa sala

1 US arrivals

La sala

96 US arrivals

Di sala

4 US arrivals

Salla

8 US arrivals

Salai

2 US arrivals

Della sala

42 US arrivals

Salani

19 US arrivals

Salati

17 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 Sala.

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