Cognome

Villella

The strongest concentration of Villella in US arrival records points to Calabria, with 107 of 134 arrivals (80 percent) originating there.

134

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

31

Comuni of
origin

6

Regioni
represented

2

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 134
Abruzzo: 5 arrivalsPuglia: 1 arrivalsCalabria: 107 arrivalsCampania: 14 arrivalsMolise: 5 arrivalsSicilia: 2 arrivals

Top regione

Calabria

107 of 134
80 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 3
3 to 11
11 to 32
32+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

6 regioni represented

  • Calabria10780%
  • Campania1410%
  • Molise54%
  • Abruzzo54%
  • Sicilia21%
  • Puglia11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Villella on Wikipedia

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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Vilella

12 US arrivals

Villa

149 US arrivals

Villello

11 US arrivals

Villla

1 US arrivals

Villanella

10 US arrivals

Della villa

3 US arrivals

Veillella

1 US arrivals

La villa

8 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 Villella.

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