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Federici

The strongest concentration of Federici in US arrival records points to Basilicata, with 67 of 170 arrivals (39 percent) originating there.

170

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

71

Comuni of
origin

14

Regioni
represented

45

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 170
Abruzzo: 15 arrivalsPuglia: 3 arrivalsBasilicata: 67 arrivalsCalabria: 8 arrivalsCampania: 16 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 1 arrivalsLazio: 13 arrivalsLombardia: 5 arrivalsMarche: 12 arrivalsMolise: 1 arrivalsSicilia: 16 arrivalsTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol: 2 arrivalsToscana: 6 arrivalsUmbria: 5 arrivals

Top regione

Basilicata

67 of 170
39 percent of arrivals

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Cittadinanza per discendenza

Could your Federici line qualify for Italian citizenship?

The largest share of Federici arrivals came from Basilicata, most often from the provincia of Potenza. 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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Most often from Potenza (PZ)

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Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

14 regioni represented

  • Basilicata6739%
  • Sicilia169%
  • Campania169%
  • Abruzzo159%
  • Lazio138%
  • Marche127%
  • Calabria85%
  • Toscana64%
  • Umbria53%
  • Lombardia53%
  • Puglia32%
  • Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol21%
  • Emilia-Romagna11%
  • Molise11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Federici 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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De federici

1 US arrivals

Di federici

1 US arrivals

Federicci

1 US arrivals

Federic

1 US arrivals

Federico

494 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 Federici.