Cognome

Spera

The strongest concentration of Spera in US arrival records points to Campania, with 58 of 188 arrivals (31 percent) originating there.

188

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 188

Top regione

Campania

58 of 188
31 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 2

2 to 6

6 to 17

17+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

11 regioni represented

Campania5831%
Abruzzo3519%
Sicilia3318%
Basilicata3016%
Calabria2111%
Lazio42%
Umbria32%
Lombardia11%
Puglia11%
Molise11%
Piemonte11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Marigliano
21
Provincia NA
Capestrano
18
Provincia AQ
Potenza
13
Provincia PZ
Nola
9
Provincia NA
Craco
9
Provincia MT
Valledolmo
8
Provincia PA
Vallelonga
8
Provincia VV
Avezzano
7
Provincia AQ
Angri
6
Provincia SA
Palermo
6
Provincia PA
Satriano
5
Provincia CZ
Salvitelle
5
Provincia SA
Capistrano
4
Provincia VV
Belmonte Mezzagno
4
Provincia PA
Caserta
3
Provincia CE

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Marigliano	NA	21
Capestrano	AQ	18
Potenza	PZ	13
Nola	NA	9
Craco	MT	9
Valledolmo	PA	8
Vallelonga	VV	8
Avezzano	AQ	7
Angri	SA	6
Palermo	PA	6
Satriano	CZ	5
Salvitelle	SA	5
Capistrano	VV	4
Belmonte Mezzagno	PA	4
Caserta	CE	3

Persone notevoli

Notable Spera on Wikipedia

Angelo Spera
IT
1819 · Tito
Benedetto Spera
EN IT
1934 · Belmonte Mezzagno
Michele Spera
IT
1937 · Potenza
Pippo Spera
1949 · Casteltermini
Miriam Spera
1963 · Roma
Lucrezia Spera
1965 · Potenza

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Angelo Spera	1819	Tito	IT
Benedetto Spera	1934	Belmonte Mezzagno	EN IT
Michele Spera	1937	Potenza	IT
Pippo Spera	1949	Casteltermini
Miriam Spera	1963	Roma
Lucrezia Spera	1965	Potenza

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 spera

3 US arrivals

Lo spera

3 US arrivals

Di spera

1 US arrivals

Speraura

1 US arrivals

Sperra

4 US arrivals

Sperati

8 US arrivals

Sperato

3 US arrivals

Sperand

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 Spera.

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