Cognome

Furnari

The strongest concentration of Furnari in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 57 of 76 arrivals (75 percent) originating there.

76

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

38

Comuni of
origin

11

Regioni
represented

3

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 76
Abruzzo: 1 arrivalsPuglia: 1 arrivalsCalabria: 1 arrivalsCampania: 2 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 4 arrivalsLazio: 1 arrivalsLombardia: 1 arrivalsMarche: 2 arrivalsMolise: 2 arrivalsPiemonte: 4 arrivalsSicilia: 57 arrivals

Top regione

Sicilia

57 of 76
75 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 2
2 to 6
6 to 17
17+

Cittadinanza per discendenza

Could your Furnari line qualify for Italian citizenship?

The largest share of Furnari arrivals came from Sicilia, most often from the provincia of Messina. 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 Furnari from Sicilia

Most often from Messina (ME)

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Persone notevoli

Notable Furnari on Wikipedia

  • Giusi Furnari LuvarĂ 

    1947 · Tripi

  • Eva Furnari

    EN

    1948 · Roma

  • Alessandro Furnari

    IT

    1976 · Taranto

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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Furnaro

5 US arrivals

Furnara

2 US arrivals

Fiurnari

1 US arrivals

Funari

55 US arrivals

Infurnari

2 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 Furnari.

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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