The Mazza Archive
123 surnames

The Families

Every surname the archive records, how many people carry it, where they were, and how far back the record goes for each.

SurnamePeopleRecordedSpanWhere
Mazza 118 118 of 118 1850–2012 Piedimonte Etneo, Catania, Sicily · Brisbane, Queensland · Catania, Sicily · Briatico, Vibo Valentia, Calabria
Prostamo 84 84 of 84 1697–2010 Briatico, Vibo Valentia, Calabria · Buenos Aires, Argentina · Brisbane, Queensland · Gold Coast, Queensland
Polistena 45 45 of 45 1874–2018 Scilla, Reggio Calabria · Brisbane, Queensland · New York, New York · Scillla
Arena 39 39 of 39 1821–2012 Scilla, Reggio Calabria · Brisbane, Queensland · New York, New York
Donato 20 20 of 20 1851–1933 Scilla, Reggio Calabria · New York, New York
Cavallaro 13 13 of 13 1909–2013 Mascali, Catania, Sicily · Piedimonte Etneo, Catania, Sicily · Catania, Sicily
Bova 13 13 of 13 1916–2000 Scilla, Reggio Calabria · Brisbane, Queensland
Melluso 12 12 of 12 1855–1994 Briatico, Vibo Valentia, Calabria · Buenos Aires, Argentina · New York, New York
Anile 12 12 of 12 1838–1980 Briatico, Vibo Valentia, Calabria · Potenzoni (Briatico), Vibo Valentia, Calabria
Nicotra 8 8 of 8 1836–1963 Piedimonte Etneo, Catania, Sicily
Mazzitelli 8 8 of 8 1886–2012 New York, New York · Catanzaro, Calabria · Italy
Coco 7 7 of 7 1910–1945 Brisbane, Queensland · Sicily
Napoli 6 6 of 6 1926–1934 Brisbane, Queensland · Briatico, Vibo Valentia, Calabria · Buenos Aires, Argentina
Calarco 6 6 of 6 1936–1936 Sydney, New South Wales · Scilla, Reggio Calabria
Panella 5 5 of 5 San Costantino Calabro, Vibo Valentia, Calabria · Briatico, Vibo Valentia, Calabria
Giammona 5 5 of 5 1910–2023 Catania, Sicily · Brisbane, Queensland
Sanfedele 5 5 of 5 1936–1936 Sydney, New South Wales · Scilla, Reggio Calabria
Armanno 4 4 of 4 1924–2019 Brisbane, Queensland · Piedimonte Etneo, Catania, Sicily
Calahorra 4 4 of 4 Brisbane, Queensland · Royal Women's Hospital, Parkville Vic Australia
Pagano 4 4 of 4 1894–2008 Piedimonte Etneo, Catania, Sicily · Briatico, Vibo Valentia, Calabria · Sicily
Trungadi 4 4 of 4 1940–2021 Milan, Lombardy · Bagnara Calabra, Calabria, Italy · Brisbane, Queensland

Recorded once, twice or three times

Turner · Pellagrini · Pontillo · Whitaker · Ottaviano · Poleo · Muller · D'Arcy · Barbuto · Scura · Mazzaro · Micale · Tomsic · Spenelli · Sofi · Grasso · Fragala · Polito · Marmorato · Pagnotta · Russo · Noble · Zirilli · Raiti · Pennisi · Cupo · Spinelli · Torrisi · Tripoti · Lanzfami · Coffin · Trabucco · D'Ascoli · unknow · Filipello · Fatur · Brown · Liversegle · Nuniarti · Vallone · Ferro · Carfosi · Limards · Longhurst · Ventrice · Di Meio · Scangiaterra · Sandiuliano · Averta · Muzzi · Calogero · Sacco · Corones · Oaks · Mortimer · Costa · Chronopoulos · Benedetto · Perina · Pacino · Quaiuci · Tropeia · Lugara · Pallariello · Vardi · Nigrelli · Delorenzo · Dileo · Ladroneria · Petrocca · Bonaccurso · Lia · Borello · Striglia · Santoro · Perri · Malerba · La Valle · Procopio · Cassaneti · Falco · Waters · Collia · Birroca · Lesto · Eriksen · Ericksen · Gow · Porter · Minichiello · Vitrale · Provvidenza · Paladino · Scaramano · Nostro · Barbargallo · Cassanite · Curcuruto Mazza · Lungo · Barbagallo · Prostamo Di Maio · Defranceski

A surname appearing once is usually somebody who married in and left no further trace in this tree. They are kept because dropping them would quietly make the family look more endogamous than it was.