Cognome

Zappia

The strongest concentration of Zappia in US arrival records points to Calabria, with 89 of 107 arrivals (83 percent) originating there.

107

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

39

Comuni of
origin

8

Regioni
represented

5

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 107
Abruzzo: 5 arrivalsPuglia: 1 arrivalsBasilicata: 3 arrivalsCalabria: 89 arrivalsCampania: 3 arrivalsFriuli-Venezia Giulia: 1 arrivalsLazio: 1 arrivalsSicilia: 4 arrivals

Top regione

Calabria

89 of 107
83 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 3
3 to 9
9 to 27
27+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

8 regioni represented

  • Calabria8983%
  • Abruzzo55%
  • Sicilia44%
  • Basilicata33%
  • Campania33%
  • Friuli-Venezia Giulia11%
  • Lazio11%
  • Puglia11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Zappia 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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Zappi

15 US arrivals

Zapia

1 US arrivals

Zappiano

16 US arrivals

Zappio

8 US arrivals

Zappina

5 US arrivals

Zappini

4 US arrivals

Zappila

3 US arrivals

Zappino

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 Zappia.

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