Cognome

Desantis

The strongest concentration of Desantis in US arrival records points to Abruzzo, with 92 of 278 arrivals (33 percent) originating there.

278

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

107

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 278

Top regione

Abruzzo

92 of 278
33 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 3

3 to 9

9 to 28

28+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

13 regioni represented

Abruzzo9233%
Campania6523%
Puglia259%
Molise249%
Calabria228%
Lazio207%
Basilicata176%
Lombardia41%
Sicilia31%
Piemonte21%
Liguria21%
Marche10%
Veneto10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Napoli
19
Provincia NA
Campobasso
17
Provincia CB
Introdacqua
14
Provincia AQ
Avezzano
14
Provincia AQ
Palmoli
11
Provincia CH
Troia
10
Provincia FG
Gimigliano
8
Provincia CZ
Monteforte Irpino
7
Provincia AV
Giovinazzo
6
Provincia BA
Castelgrande
6
Provincia PZ
Sulmona
6
Provincia AQ
Rovito
6
Provincia CS
Barrea
6
Provincia AQ
Avellino
5
Provincia AV
Campo di Giove
5
Provincia AQ

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Napoli	NA	19
Campobasso	CB	17
Introdacqua	AQ	14
Avezzano	AQ	14
Palmoli	CH	11
Troia	FG	10
Gimigliano	CZ	8
Monteforte Irpino	AV	7
Giovinazzo	BA	6
Castelgrande	PZ	6
Sulmona	AQ	6
Rovito	CS	6
Barrea	AQ	6
Avellino	AV	5
Campo di Giove	AQ	5

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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Desanti

13 US arrivals

Desantif

3 US arrivals

Desantio

2 US arrivals

Desant

1 US arrivals

De santis

912 US arrivals

Desanctis

1 US arrivals

Desanto

23 US arrivals

Desanta

4 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 Desantis.

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