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Balistreri

The strongest concentration of Balistreri in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 211 of 238 arrivals (89 percent) originating there.

238

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 238

Top regione

Sicilia

211 of 238
89 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 6

6 to 21

21 to 63

63+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

9 regioni represented

Sicilia21189%
Campania104%
Puglia83%
Abruzzo21%
Lazio21%
Calabria21%
Basilicata10%
Molise10%
Emilia-Romagna10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Bagheria
96
Provincia PA
Santa Flavia
62
Provincia PA
Palermo
18
Provincia PA
Trabia
11
Provincia PA
Ficarazzi
5
Provincia PA
Menfi
5
Provincia AG
Comitini
2
Provincia AG
Bari
2
Provincia BA
San Giuseppe Jato
2
Provincia PA
Sannicola
2
Provincia LE
Floridia
1
Provincia SR
Gangi
1
Provincia PA
San Cipirello
1
Provincia PA
Foggia
1
Provincia FG
Chieti
1
Provincia CH

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Bagheria	PA	96
Santa Flavia	PA	62
Palermo	PA	18
Trabia	PA	11
Ficarazzi	PA	5
Menfi	AG	5
Comitini	AG	2
Bari	BA	2
San Giuseppe Jato	PA	2
Sannicola	LE	2
Floridia	SR	1
Gangi	PA	1
San Cipirello	PA	1
Foggia	FG	1
Chieti	CH	1

Persone notevoli

Notable Balistreri on Wikipedia

Angelino Balistreri
IT
1922 · Quartu Sant'Elena
Rosa Balistreri
EN IT
1927 · Licata
A. Giuseppe Balistreri
1955 · Licata
Maurizio Balistreri
1970 · Roma

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Angelino Balistreri	1922	Quartu Sant'Elena	IT
Rosa Balistreri	1927	Licata	EN IT
A. Giuseppe Balistreri	1955	Licata
Maurizio Balistreri	1970	Roma

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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Ballistreri

5 US arrivals

Balistreeri

1 US arrivals

Balistrreri

1 US arrivals

Balistrero

1 US arrivals

Balistre

4 US arrivals

Balistrieri

13 US arrivals

Baliastreri

1 US arrivals

Balistyreri

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 Balistreri.

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