Cognome

Di Stefano

The strongest concentration of Di Stefano in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 358 of 878 arrivals (41 percent) originating there.

878

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

331

Comuni of
origin

18

Regioni
represented

39

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 878
Abruzzo: 114 arrivalsPuglia: 22 arrivalsBasilicata: 41 arrivalsCalabria: 29 arrivalsCampania: 147 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 7 arrivalsFriuli-Venezia Giulia: 5 arrivalsLazio: 63 arrivalsLiguria: 3 arrivalsLombardia: 4 arrivalsMarche: 2 arrivalsMolise: 60 arrivalsPiemonte: 7 arrivalsSicilia: 358 arrivalsTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol: 1 arrivalsToscana: 7 arrivalsUmbria: 4 arrivalsVeneto: 4 arrivals

Top regione

Sicilia

358 of 878
41 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 11
11 to 36
36 to 107
107+

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Could your Di Stefano line qualify for Italian citizenship?

The largest share of Di Stefano arrivals came from Sicilia, most often from the provincia of Trapani. 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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Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

18 regioni represented

  • Sicilia35841%
  • Campania14717%
  • Abruzzo11413%
  • Lazio637%
  • Molise607%
  • Basilicata415%
  • Calabria293%
  • Puglia223%
  • Toscana71%
  • Emilia-Romagna71%
  • Piemonte71%
  • Friuli-Venezia Giulia51%
  • Veneto40%
  • Umbria40%
  • Lombardia40%
  • Liguria30%
  • Marche20%
  • Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Di Stefano 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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Di steffano

2 US arrivals

Di stefanno

1 US arrivals

Stefano

99 US arrivals

De stefano

418 US arrivals

Di stefani

14 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 Di Stefano.