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Dispensa

The strongest concentration of Dispensa in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 45 of 51 arrivals (88 percent) originating there.

51

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

12

Comuni of
origin

4

Regioni
represented

0

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 51
Campania: 3 arrivalsLazio: 1 arrivalsLiguria: 2 arrivalsSicilia: 45 arrivals

Top regione

Sicilia

45 of 51
88 percent of arrivals

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

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 spensa

1 US arrivals

Disensa

1 US arrivals

Dispenseri

1 US arrivals

Dispenza

44 US arrivals

Dispensieri

4 US arrivals

Dispenzo

2 US arrivals

Despensa

1 US arrivals

Dispensiere

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 Dispensa.

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

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