Cognome

Cini

The strongest concentration of Cini in US arrival records points to Abruzzo, with 8 of 21 arrivals (38 percent) originating there.

21

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

11

Comuni of
origin

9

Regioni
represented

24

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 21
Abruzzo: 8 arrivalsPuglia: 1 arrivalsMarche: 2 arrivalsPiemonte: 1 arrivalsSicilia: 2 arrivalsTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol: 1 arrivalsToscana: 1 arrivalsUmbria: 3 arrivalsVeneto: 2 arrivals

Top regione

Abruzzo

8 of 21
38 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
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2
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Cittadinanza per discendenza

Could your Cini line qualify for Italian citizenship?

The largest share of Cini arrivals came from Abruzzo, most often from the provincia of Teramo. 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 Cini from Abruzzo

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Persone notevoli

Notable Cini on Wikipedia

  • Giovanni Cini

    IT

    1270 · Pisa

  • Jacopo Cini

    IT

    1300 · Colle di Val d'Elsa

  • Francesco Cini

    EN

    1610 · Osimo

  • Domenico Cini

    1695 · San Marcello Pistoiese

  • Luigi Cini

    1766 · Prato

  • Giovanni Cini

    1778 · San Marcello Pistoiese

  • Bartolomeo Cini

    IT

    1809 · San Marcello Pistoiese

  • Tommaso Cini

    1812 · San Marcello Pistoiese

  • Giovanni Cosimo Cini

    1840 · Livorno

  • Mario Cini

    1869 · Roma

  • Neri Farina Cini

    IT

    1878 · Firenze

  • Vittorio Cini

    ENIT

    1885 · Ferrara

  • Giorgio Cini

    IT

    1918 · Roma

  • Enzo Cini

    1921 · Siena

  • Marcello Cini

    IT

    1923 · Firenze

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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Cinini

3 US arrivals

Cicini

8 US arrivals

Cincini

2 US arrivals

Ciccini

7 US arrivals

Cininni

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 Cini.

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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