Cognome

Ferranti

The strongest concentration of Ferranti in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 47 of 108 arrivals (44 percent) originating there.

108

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 108

Top regione

Sicilia

47 of 108
44 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 1

1 to 5

5 to 14

14+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

14 regioni represented

Sicilia4744%
Lazio1211%
Campania1211%
Calabria76%
Abruzzo76%
Puglia66%
Piemonte44%
Marche33%
Toscana33%
Emilia-Romagna22%
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol22%
Basilicata11%
Molise11%
Umbria11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Carini
27
Provincia PA
Ripi
5
Provincia FR
Vallelonga
4
Provincia VV
Palermo
4
Provincia PA
Torretta
4
Provincia PA
Torrice
3
Provincia FR
Ciminna
3
Provincia PA
Alessandria
3
Provincia AL
Visciano
3
Provincia NA
Ascoli Satriano
3
Provincia FG
Napoli
2
Provincia NA
Cento
2
Provincia FE
Castelnuovo
2
Provincia TN
San Marco la Catola
2
Provincia FG
Licata
2
Provincia AG

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Carini	PA	27
Ripi	FR	5
Vallelonga	VV	4
Palermo	PA	4
Torretta	PA	4
Torrice	FR	3
Ciminna	PA	3
Alessandria	AL	3
Visciano	NA	3
Ascoli Satriano	FG	3
Napoli	NA	2
Cento	FE	2
Castelnuovo	TN	2
San Marco la Catola	FG	2
Licata	AG	2

Persone notevoli

Notable Ferranti on Wikipedia

Pier Francesco Ferranti
1613 · Bologna
Filippo Ferranti
1801 · Como
Donatella Ferranti
IT
1957 · Tarquinia
Lamberto Ferranti
1957 · Perugia
Sara Ferranti
IT
1982 · Terni

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Pier Francesco Ferranti	1613	Bologna
Filippo Ferranti	1801	Como
Donatella Ferranti	1957	Tarquinia	IT
Lamberto Ferranti	1957	Perugia
Sara Ferranti	1982	Terni	IT

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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Ferrantis

1 US arrivals

Ferrantino

45 US arrivals

Ferrantini

8 US arrivals

Ferrantina

1 US arrivals

Ferrante

762 US arrivals

Ferranto

18 US arrivals

Ferranta

1 US arrivals

Ferrante'

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 Ferranti.

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