Cognome

Spinella

The strongest concentration of Spinella in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 141 of 196 arrivals (72 percent) originating there.

196

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

49

Comuni of
origin

13

Regioni
represented

3

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 196
Abruzzo: 1 arrivalsPuglia: 3 arrivalsBasilicata: 1 arrivalsCalabria: 22 arrivalsCampania: 6 arrivalsLazio: 8 arrivalsMarche: 1 arrivalsMolise: 1 arrivalsPiemonte: 2 arrivalsSardegna: 1 arrivalsSicilia: 141 arrivalsTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol: 2 arrivalsVeneto: 7 arrivals

Top regione

Sicilia

141 of 196
72 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 4
4 to 14
14 to 42
42+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

13 regioni represented

  • Sicilia14172%
  • Calabria2211%
  • Lazio84%
  • Veneto74%
  • Campania63%
  • Puglia32%
  • Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol21%
  • Piemonte21%
  • Marche11%
  • Abruzzo11%
  • Basilicata11%
  • Sardegna11%
  • Molise11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Spinella on Wikipedia

  • Mario Spinella

    IT

    1918 · Varese

  • Domenico Tullio Spinella

    1922 · Catona

  • Stephen Spinella

    ENIT

    1956 · 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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Spinellas

1 US arrivals

Spinellare

1 US arrivals

Spinelli

527 US arrivals

Spinello

67 US arrivals

Spinellu

1 US arrivals

Spinelliu

1 US arrivals

Spiniella

1 US arrivals

Pinella

15 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 Spinella.

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