Cognome

Celli

The strongest concentration of Celli in US arrival records points to Abruzzo, with 47 of 139 arrivals (34 percent) originating there.

139

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

68

Comuni of
origin

12

Regioni
represented

25

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 139
Abruzzo: 47 arrivalsPuglia: 3 arrivalsCalabria: 14 arrivalsCampania: 18 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 4 arrivalsFriuli-Venezia Giulia: 1 arrivalsLazio: 24 arrivalsMolise: 16 arrivalsPiemonte: 1 arrivalsSicilia: 3 arrivalsToscana: 7 arrivalsUmbria: 1 arrivals

Top regione

Abruzzo

47 of 139
34 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 1
1 to 5
5 to 14
14+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

12 regioni represented

  • Abruzzo4734%
  • Lazio2417%
  • Campania1813%
  • Molise1612%
  • Calabria1410%
  • Toscana75%
  • Emilia-Romagna43%
  • Puglia32%
  • Sicilia32%
  • Umbria11%
  • Friuli-Venezia Giulia11%
  • Piemonte11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Celli on Wikipedia

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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Cellilli

5 US arrivals

Celelli

1 US arrivals

Cercelli

3 US arrivals

Cellis

10 US arrivals

Cellio

8 US arrivals

Cellia

1 US arrivals

Celorelli

3 US arrivals

Cellarelli

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 Celli.

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