Cognome

Davi

The strongest concentration of Davi in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 125 of 139 arrivals (90 percent) originating there.

139

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

30

Comuni of
origin

7

Regioni
represented

0

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 139
Puglia: 6 arrivalsBasilicata: 1 arrivalsCalabria: 2 arrivalsCampania: 3 arrivalsFriuli-Venezia Giulia: 1 arrivalsSicilia: 125 arrivalsToscana: 1 arrivals

Top regione

Sicilia

125 of 139
90 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 4
4 to 13
13 to 38
38+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

7 regioni represented

  • Sicilia12590%
  • Puglia64%
  • Campania32%
  • Calabria21%
  • Basilicata11%
  • Friuli-Venezia Giulia11%
  • Toscana11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

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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David

36 US arrivals

Davia

14 US arrivals

Davio

9 US arrivals

Davit

5 US arrivals

Davis

4 US arrivals

Davin

1 US arrivals

Davino

52 US arrivals

Davide

40 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 Davi.

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