Cognome

Vita

The strongest concentration of Vita in US arrival records points to Calabria, with 40 of 118 arrivals (34 percent) originating there.

118

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 118

Top regione

Calabria

40 of 118
34 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 1

1 to 4

4 to 12

12+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

13 regioni represented

Calabria4034%
Sicilia2319%
Basilicata1714%
Campania1614%
Lazio98%
Lombardia33%
Umbria22%
Liguria22%
Puglia22%
Toscana11%
Molise11%
Abruzzo11%
Piemonte11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Scilla
18
Provincia RC
Reggio di Calabria
9
Provincia RC
Messina
6
Provincia ME
Viggiano
6
Provincia PZ
Marsico Nuovo
6
Provincia PZ
Delianuova
4
Provincia RC
Palermo
3
Provincia PA
Napoli
3
Provincia NA
Castelforte
3
Provincia LT
Sezze
3
Provincia LT
Castel di Lucio
3
Provincia ME
Acri
3
Provincia CS
Montefalcione
2
Provincia AV
Montescano
2
Provincia PV
Teano
2
Provincia CE

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Scilla	RC	18
Reggio di Calabria	RC	9
Messina	ME	6
Viggiano	PZ	6
Marsico Nuovo	PZ	6
Delianuova	RC	4
Palermo	PA	3
Napoli	NA	3
Castelforte	LT	3
Sezze	LT	3
Castel di Lucio	ME	3
Acri	CS	3
Montefalcione	AV	2
Montescano	PV	2
Teano	CE	2

Persone notevoli

Notable Vita on Wikipedia

Carlo Vita
IT
1925 · Verona
Anna Vita
IT
1926 · Locri
Giuseppe Vita
1933 · Massa
Giuseppe Vita
EN IT
1935 · Favara
Vincenzo Maria Vita
IT
1952 · Salerno
Silvio Vita
1954 · Roma
Paolo Vita
1967 · Roma
Stefano Vita
1968 · Macerata
Alessio Vita
EN IT
1993 · Roma
Mattia Vita
1996 · Barga

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Carlo Vita	1925	Verona	IT
Anna Vita	1926	Locri	IT
Giuseppe Vita	1933	Massa
Giuseppe Vita	1935	Favara	EN IT
Vincenzo Maria Vita	1952	Salerno	IT
Silvio Vita	1954	Roma
Paolo Vita	1967	Roma
Stefano Vita	1968	Macerata
Alessio Vita	1993	Roma	EN IT
Mattia Vita	1996	Barga

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 vita

189 US arrivals

Di vita

78 US arrivals

La vita

5 US arrivals

Da vita

1 US arrivals

Vitta

10 US arrivals

Vitae

1 US arrivals

Vitai

1 US arrivals

Del vita

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 Vita.

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