Cognome

Torchia

The strongest concentration of Torchia in US arrival records points to Calabria, with 138 of 181 arrivals (76 percent) originating there.

181

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 181

Top regione

Calabria

138 of 181
76 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 4

4 to 14

14 to 41

41+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

12 regioni represented

Calabria13876%
Campania116%
Basilicata106%
Sicilia74%
Molise32%
Abruzzo32%
Piemonte32%
Liguria21%
Lombardia11%
Marche11%
Puglia11%
Emilia-Romagna11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Catanzaro
17
Provincia CZ
Sersale
12
Provincia CZ
Miglierina
11
Provincia CZ
Serrastretta
9
Provincia CZ
Verbicaro
8
Provincia CS
Tiriolo
8
Provincia CZ
San Pietro Apostolo
7
Provincia CZ
Platania
6
Provincia CZ
Cosenza
5
Provincia CS
Altilia
5
Provincia CS
Miglionico
4
Provincia MT
Pedivigliano
4
Provincia CS
Cautano
4
Provincia BN
Marcellinara
4
Provincia CZ
Panettieri
3
Provincia CS

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Catanzaro	CZ	17
Sersale	CZ	12
Miglierina	CZ	11
Serrastretta	CZ	9
Verbicaro	CS	8
Tiriolo	CZ	8
San Pietro Apostolo	CZ	7
Platania	CZ	6
Cosenza	CS	5
Altilia	CS	5
Miglionico	MT	4
Pedivigliano	CS	4
Cautano	BN	4
Marcellinara	CZ	4
Panettieri	CS	3

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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Torcchia

1 US arrivals

Torchi

4 US arrivals

Torchiaro

3 US arrivals

Torchiana

1 US arrivals

Torchiano

1 US arrivals

Torchio

20 US arrivals

Torchisi

3 US arrivals

Teorchia

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 Torchia.

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