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Early Origins of the Elia family

The surname Elia was first found in Venice.

Early History of the Elia family

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Elia Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Delia, D'Elia, Delllia and others.

Early Notables of the Elia family

Prominent among members of the family was

  • Delia of Venice

Elia Ranking

In the United States, the name Elia is the 12,850th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1


United States Elia migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Elia Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Cath Elia, aged 60, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1875 2
  • Jacob Elia, aged 22, who landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1875 2
  • Marguerite Elia, aged 19, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1875 2
  • Peter Elia, aged 17, who landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1875 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Elia (post 1700) +

  • Norma Elia Cantú (b. 1947), American writer, Murchison Professor in the Humanities at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas
  • Eugenio Elia Levi (1883-1917), Italian mathematician
  • Elia Alessandrini (1997-2022), Swiss professional footballer who played as a centre-back; he died from drowning while on vacation
  • Elia Petrelli (b. 2001), Italian footballer who plays as a forward for Italian club Juventus U23
  • Elia H. Christensen, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1988
  • Elia Marinucci, American animator, known for his work on Der Plattenspieler (2010), The Dreadful Dead (1998) and Bloodsucking Killerclowns from Outer Space (1999)
  • Elia Wilkinson Peattie (1862-1935), American author, journalist and critic
  • Elia Ivonne Fuentes, American dentist and art gallery owner
  • Elia Pirozzi, American Republican politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from California 42nd District, 1998, 2000 3


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  3. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 21) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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