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Testa

The strongest concentration of Testa in US arrival records points to Campania, with 229 of 775 arrivals (30 percent) originating there.

775

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

263

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 775

Top regione

Campania

229 of 775
30 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 7

7 to 23

23 to 69

69+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

18 regioni represented

Campania22930%
Molise16621%
Sicilia12015%
Lazio11715%
Abruzzo486%
Calabria192%
Lombardia172%
Basilicata152%
Piemonte122%
Puglia81%
Marche61%
Veneto51%
Umbria41%
Emilia-Romagna30%
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol20%
Toscana20%
Sardegna10%
Friuli-Venezia Giulia10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Avellino
46
Provincia AV
Cercemaggiore
42
Provincia CB
Riccia
28
Provincia CB
Carovilli
27
Provincia IS
Castelforte
21
Provincia LT
Napoli
14
Provincia NA
Cerami
13
Provincia EN
Sant'Elia a Pianisi
13
Provincia CB
Patrica
13
Provincia FR
Prata Sannita
13
Provincia CE
Palermo
13
Provincia PA
Nicosia
13
Provincia EN
Bagheria
12
Provincia PA
Isernia
11
Provincia IS
Roccasecca
10
Provincia FR

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Avellino	AV	46
Cercemaggiore	CB	42
Riccia	CB	28
Carovilli	IS	27
Castelforte	LT	21
Napoli	NA	14
Cerami	EN	13
Sant'Elia a Pianisi	CB	13
Patrica	FR	13
Prata Sannita	CE	13
Palermo	PA	13
Nicosia	EN	13
Bagheria	PA	12
Isernia	IS	11
Roccasecca	FR	10

Persone notevoli

Notable Testa on Wikipedia

Cherubino Testa
IT
1451 · Avigliana
Uberto Testa
EN
1569 · Venezia
Pietro Testa
EN IT
1611 · Lucca
Giuseppe Testa
1629 · Roma
Filippo Testa
1665 · Roma
Giacomo Testa
1667 · Roma
Lorenzo Testa
1670 · Roma
Pietro Testa
1673 · Roma
Giovanni Battista Testa
1675 · Roma
Damaso Testa
1692 · Roma
Dionisio Testa
1699 · Roma
Francesco Testa
IT
1704 · Nicosia
Matteo Gennaro Testa Piccolomini
IT
1708 · Napoli
Antonio Giuseppe Testa
IT
1756 · Ferrara
Gioachino Testa
IT
1771 · Asti

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Cherubino Testa	1451	Avigliana	IT
Uberto Testa	1569	Venezia	EN
Pietro Testa	1611	Lucca	EN IT
Giuseppe Testa	1629	Roma
Filippo Testa	1665	Roma
Giacomo Testa	1667	Roma
Lorenzo Testa	1670	Roma
Pietro Testa	1673	Roma
Giovanni Battista Testa	1675	Roma
Damaso Testa	1692	Roma
Dionisio Testa	1699	Roma
Francesco Testa	1704	Nicosia	IT
Matteo Gennaro Testa Piccolomini	1708	Napoli	IT
Antonio Giuseppe Testa	1756	Ferrara	IT
Gioachino Testa	1771	Asti	IT

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 testa

4 US arrivals

Testai

2 US arrivals

Del testa

1 US arrivals

Test

1 US arrivals

Testani

37 US arrivals

Testaro

3 US arrivals

Testano

2 US arrivals

Tatesta

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 Testa.

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