Panella History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Italy

Venice, one of the oldest and most beautiful regions of Italy, is the esteemed birthplace of numerous prominent families, and of a family that bears the surname Panella. Although people were originally known only by a single name, it became necessary for them to adopt a second name to identify themselves, as populations grew and travel became more frequent. The process of adopting fixed hereditary surnames was not complete until the modern era, but the use of hereditary family names in Italy began in the 10th and 11th centuries. Panella was a surname derived from an occupation. Occupational surnames, which are less common than other types of surnames in Italy, date back to the feudal era. The surname Panella is an occupational name for a a baker, or someone who sold bread having been derived from the Italian word "pane," which means "bread" and from the Latin "panis," with the root of the meaning being derived from the verb "to feed or nourish."

Early Origins of the Panella family

The surname Panella was first found in Bolgna (Latin: Bononia), the largest city and the capital of Emilia-Romagna Region. Earliest records are found with the famous and powerful Panico family, with Count Alberto in 1068.

Early History of the Panella family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Panella research. The years 1400, 1405, 1487, 1734 and 1828 are included under the topic Early Panella History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Panella Spelling Variations

There are many variations of most of those Italian names that originated in the medieval era. Some of these come from regional differences, like the tradition of ending northern names in "o" and southern names in "i". Others come from inaccuracies in the recording process, which were extremely common in the eras before dictionaries standardized spelling. Some of the spelling variations of Panella are Pane, Pani, Lo Pane, Lopane, Panelli, Panello, Panella, Panetti, Panetta, Panozzo, Panacci, Paniccia, Panizza, Pannain, Panormo, Pandone, Panizzi, Paniza, Panizzoni, Panini, Pannini, Panici, Panico and many more.

Early Notables of the Panella family

Prominent among members of the family was Ugolino Panico, Lord of over 20 territories during the 13th century; Porcelio Pandone, a humanist in Naples in 1405; Franceschino and Francesco Panizzoni were famous doctors in Florence during the 15th century; Francesco Panizzoni was mayor of Candia di Lomellina in 1487; Marsiglio Panizzoni was mayor of Piacenza in 1400; Giambattista Pannini was a Count, was Duke of Mantua, as well as a...
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Panella Ranking

In the United States, the name Panella is the 18,521^st most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Panella migration to the United States +

An inquiry into the early roots of North American families reveals a number of immigrants bearing the name Panella or a variant listed above:

Panella Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Giuseppe Panella, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1876 2

Panella Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Angela M. Panella, aged 5, who settled in America from Greci, in 1905
Angela Panella, aged 20, who immigrated to the United States from Campolattaro, in 1906
Angelo Panella, aged 47, who landed in America from Valrovina, Italy, in 1907
Angelo Anton Panella, aged 21, who immigrated to the United States from Arsito, Italy, in 1910
Amalia Panella, aged 7, who landed in America from Bovino, Italy, in 1911
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Contemporary Notables of the name Panella (post 1700) +

Jack A. Panella (b. 1955), American Judge on the Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Clementina Panella, Italian archaeologist, professor at the University of Rome La Sapienza
Manuel Panella (b. 1962), Spanish professional footballer
Marta Cid i Panella (b. 1960), Spanish Minister of Education of Catalonia

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
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)