Cognome

Venezia

The strongest concentration of Venezia in US arrival records points to Campania, with 89 of 231 arrivals (39 percent) originating there.

231

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 231

Top regione

Campania

89 of 231
39 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 3

3 to 9

9 to 27

27+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

11 regioni represented

Campania8939%
Sicilia8537%
Basilicata3616%
Calabria52%
Puglia52%
Abruzzo42%
Lombardia31%
Toscana10%
Molise10%
Piemonte10%
Emilia-Romagna10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Sciacca
49
Provincia AG
Atripalda
17
Provincia AV
Avellino
16
Provincia AV
Montescaglioso
15
Provincia MT
Taurano
14
Provincia AV
Napoli
8
Provincia NA
Caltabellotta
5
Provincia AG
Potenza
5
Provincia PZ
Castelvetrano
4
Provincia TP
Palermo
4
Provincia PA
Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi
4
Provincia AV
Montefredane
4
Provincia AV
Poggioreale
4
Provincia TP
San Paolo
3
Provincia BS
Lucca Sicula
3
Provincia AG

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Sciacca	AG	49
Atripalda	AV	17
Avellino	AV	16
Montescaglioso	MT	15
Taurano	AV	14
Napoli	NA	8
Caltabellotta	AG	5
Potenza	PZ	5
Castelvetrano	TP	4
Palermo	PA	4
Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi	AV	4
Montefredane	AV	4
Poggioreale	TP	4
San Paolo	BS	3
Lucca Sicula	AG	3

Persone notevoli

Notable Venezia on Wikipedia

Francesco Venezia
IT
1944 · Lauro
Lorenzo Venezia
IT
1945 · Montefredane
Enzo Venezia
1950 · Palermo
Lillo Venezia
EN IT
1950 · Mazara del Vallo
Mario Venezia
1957 · Roma
Mario Venezia
IT
1960 · Montescaglioso
Mariolina Venezia
IT
1961 · Matera
Fabio Venezia
1982 · Catania

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Francesco Venezia	1944	Lauro	IT
Lorenzo Venezia	1945	Montefredane	IT
Enzo Venezia	1950	Palermo
Lillo Venezia	1950	Mazara del Vallo	EN IT
Mario Venezia	1957	Roma
Mario Venezia	1960	Montescaglioso	IT
Mariolina Venezia	1961	Matera	IT
Fabio Venezia	1982	Catania

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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De venezia

2 US arrivals

Di venezia

2 US arrivals

Veneziano

105 US arrivals

Veneziale

46 US arrivals

Veneziani

11 US arrivals

Veneziana

6 US arrivals

Venezio

7 US arrivals

Venenzia

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 Venezia.

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