Cognome

Cecchetti

The strongest concentration of Cecchetti in US arrival records points to Lazio, with 11 of 20 arrivals (55 percent) originating there.

20

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

12

Comuni of
origin

7

Regioni
represented

11

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 20
Abruzzo: 3 arrivalsCampania: 1 arrivalsLazio: 11 arrivalsLiguria: 1 arrivalsSicilia: 2 arrivalsUmbria: 1 arrivalsVeneto: 1 arrivals

Top regione

Lazio

11 of 20
55 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 0
0 to 1
1 to 3
3+

Cittadinanza per discendenza

Could your Cecchetti line qualify for Italian citizenship?

The largest share of Cecchetti arrivals came from Lazio, most often from the provincia of Frosinone. If one of them is your ancestor, Italy may recognize you as a citizen under jure sanguinis (citizenship by descent).

The surname alone does not decide it. Each generation between that ancestor and you does: who naturalized, and when. Since the 2025 law, the number of generations matters too.

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A Cecchetti from Lazio

Most often from Frosinone (FR)

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Persone notevoli

Notable Cecchetti on Wikipedia

  • Anna Mander Cecchetti

    1836 · Solimbergo

  • Bartolomeo Cecchetti

    IT

    1838 · Venezia

  • Enrico Cecchetti

    ENIT

    1850 · Roma

  • Giovanni Cecchetti

    1922 · Italia

  • Domenico Cecchetti

    ENIT

    1941 · Rimini

  • Alberto Cecchetti

    IT

    1944 · Genova

  • Silvia Cecchetti

    IT

    1970 · Roma

  • Simone Cecchetti

    ENIT

    1973 · Roma

  • Fabrizio Cecchetti

    ENIT

    1977 · Rho

  • Francesco Cecchetti

    1984 · Lucca

  • Elisa Cecchetti

    EN

    1995 · Bollate

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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Cecchettini

3 US arrivals

Cecchetto

9 US arrivals

Cecchietti

1 US arrivals

Cicchetti

117 US arrivals

Becchetti

7 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 Cecchetti.

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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