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Franzini

The strongest concentration of Franzini in US arrival records points to Lazio, with 6 of 10 arrivals (60 percent) originating there.

10

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

5

Comuni of
origin

4

Regioni
represented

12

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 10
Lazio: 6 arrivalsLombardia: 1 arrivalsPiemonte: 2 arrivalsVeneto: 1 arrivals

Top regione

Lazio

6 of 10
60 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
1
2
3 to 5
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Could your Franzini line qualify for Italian citizenship?

The largest share of Franzini arrivals came from Lazio, most often from the provincia of Latina. 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 Franzini from Lazio

Most often from Latina (LT)

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Persone notevoli

Notable Franzini on Wikipedia

  • Girolamo Franzini

    1537 · Brescia

  • Antonio Franzini

    IT

    1788 · Casal Cermelli

  • Paolo Franzini Tibaldeo

    IT

    1814 · Casal Cermelli

  • Enrico Franzini

    1875 · Reggio Emilia

  • Guido Franzini

    IT

    1910 · Reggio Emilia

  • Umberto Franzini

    IT

    1919 · Cremona

  • Paolo Franzini

    1933 · Pavia

  • Clara Franzini-Armstrong

    EN

    1938 · Firenze

  • Marco Franzini

    1938 · San Frediano

  • Maurizio Franzini

    IT

    1950 · Formia

  • Paolo Franzini Tibaldeo

    1951 · Torino

  • Elio Franzini

    IT

    1956 · Milano

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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Franzin

1 US arrivals

Franzino

7 US arrivals

Franzina

1 US arrivals

Franzi

36 US arrivals

Franzi'

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 Franzini.

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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