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Barresi

The strongest concentration of Barresi in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 73 of 113 arrivals (65 percent) originating there.

113

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 113

Top regione

Sicilia

73 of 113
65 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 2

2 to 7

7 to 22

22+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

9 regioni represented

Sicilia7365%
Calabria2724%
Campania54%
Puglia22%
Emilia-Romagna22%
Abruzzo11%
Toscana11%
Lombardia11%
Marche11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Castroreale
11
Provincia ME
Messina
9
Provincia ME
Villa San Giovanni
8
Provincia RC
Palermo
6
Provincia PA
Reggio di Calabria
5
Provincia RC
Ribera
5
Provincia AG
Fiumara
4
Provincia RC
Lipari
4
Provincia ME
Milazzo
4
Provincia ME
Scilla
4
Provincia RC
Oliveri
3
Provincia ME
Partanna
3
Provincia TP
Valledolmo
3
Provincia PA
Scido
3
Provincia RC
Salemi
2
Provincia TP

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Castroreale	ME	11
Messina	ME	9
Villa San Giovanni	RC	8
Palermo	PA	6
Reggio di Calabria	RC	5
Ribera	AG	5
Fiumara	RC	4
Lipari	ME	4
Milazzo	ME	4
Scilla	RC	4
Oliveri	ME	3
Partanna	TP	3
Valledolmo	PA	3
Scido	RC	3
Salemi	TP	2

Persone notevoli

Notable Barresi on Wikipedia

Dorotea Barresi e Santapau
IT
1536 · Pietraperzia
Teodosio Barresi
IT
1937 · Bari
Vito Barresi
1954 · Crotone
Phil Barresi
EN
1955 · Patti
Emanuele Barresi
IT
1958 · Livorno

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Dorotea Barresi e Santapau	1536	Pietraperzia	IT
Teodosio Barresi	1937	Bari	IT
Vito Barresi	1954	Crotone
Phil Barresi	1955	Patti	EN
Emanuele Barresi	1958	Livorno	IT

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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Barressi

1 US arrivals

Baresi

7 US arrivals

Barrese

23 US arrivals

Barresa

2 US arrivals

Barresi vezeo

1 US arrivals

Barre

1 US arrivals

Barbaresi

12 US arrivals

Barbresi

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 Barresi.

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