Cognome

Spinosa

The strongest concentration of Spinosa in US arrival records points to Abruzzo, with 12 of 44 arrivals (27 percent) originating there.

44

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

23

Comuni of
origin

10

Regioni
represented

3

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 44
Abruzzo: 12 arrivalsPuglia: 9 arrivalsBasilicata: 1 arrivalsCalabria: 1 arrivalsCampania: 4 arrivalsLazio: 3 arrivalsLiguria: 1 arrivalsMarche: 1 arrivalsMolise: 1 arrivalsSicilia: 11 arrivals

Top regione

Abruzzo

12 of 44
27 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 0
0 to 1
1 to 4
4+

Persone notevoli

Notable Spinosa on Wikipedia

  • Claude Spinosa

    1937 · Baunei

  • Massimo Spinosa

    IT

    1954 · Milano

  • Pietro Spinosa

    EN

    1963 · Italia

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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Spinossa

3 US arrivals

Spinoso

39 US arrivals

Spinosi

2 US arrivals

Spinose

1 US arrivals

Spino

24 US arrivals

Despinosa

3 US arrivals

Pinosa

1 US arrivals

Spinatosa

1 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 Spinosa.

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

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