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Felli

The strongest concentration of Felli in US arrival records points to Abruzzo, with 7 of 12 arrivals (58 percent) originating there.

12

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

6

Comuni of
origin

2

Regioni
represented

12

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 12
Abruzzo: 7 arrivalsLazio: 5 arrivals

Top regione

Abruzzo

7 of 12
58 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
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Could your Felli line qualify for Italian citizenship?

The largest share of Felli arrivals came from Abruzzo, most often from the provincia of L'Aquila. 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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A Felli from Abruzzo

Most often from L'Aquila (AQ)

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Persone notevoli

Notable Felli on Wikipedia

  • Giuseppe Domenico Felli

    ENIT

    1839 · Casale di Pari

  • Ernesto Felli

    IT

    1875 · Siena

  • Enrico Felli

    IT

    1879 · Castellanza

  • Guido Felli

    1885 · Firenze

  • Giulio Felli

    1886 · Firenze

  • Giuliano Felli

    1912 · Firenze

  • Paolo Felli

    1939 · Monfalcone

  • Gianfranco Felli

    1955 · Italia

  • Giulio Felli

    1963 · Firenze

  • Mirella Felli

    IT

    1964 · Roma

  • Martina Felli

    IT

    1987 · San Marcello Pistoiese

  • Matteo Felli

    IT

    1988 · Cremona

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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Felelli

1 US arrivals

Felicelli

6 US arrivals

Felinelli

1 US arrivals

Feli

2 US arrivals

Fellini

10 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 Felli.

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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