Cognome

Gangi

The strongest concentration of Gangi in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 115 of 130 arrivals (88 percent) originating there.

130

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 130

Top regione

Sicilia

115 of 130
88 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 3

3 to 12

12 to 35

35+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

9 regioni represented

Sicilia11588%
Calabria65%
Basilicata22%
Campania22%
Abruzzo11%
Puglia11%
Piemonte11%
Marche11%
Emilia-Romagna11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Alimena
30
Provincia PA
Palermo
12
Provincia PA
Valledolmo
8
Provincia PA
Ciminna
6
Provincia PA
Cerda
5
Provincia PA
Resuttano
5
Provincia CL
Villarosa
5
Provincia EN
Petralia Sottana
5
Provincia PA
Monreale
5
Provincia PA
Trapani
4
Provincia TP
Salemi
3
Provincia TP
Bronte
3
Provincia CT
Bagheria
3
Provincia PA
Petralia Soprana
3
Provincia PA
San Pietro Apostolo
3
Provincia CZ

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Alimena	PA	30
Palermo	PA	12
Valledolmo	PA	8
Ciminna	PA	6
Cerda	PA	5
Resuttano	CL	5
Villarosa	EN	5
Petralia Sottana	PA	5
Monreale	PA	5
Trapani	TP	4
Salemi	TP	3
Bronte	CT	3
Bagheria	PA	3
Petralia Soprana	PA	3
San Pietro Apostolo	CZ	3

Persone notevoli

Notable Gangi on Wikipedia

Domenico Gangi
1656 · Patti
Venerando Gangi
IT
1748 · Acireale
Calogero Gangi
1879 · Alimena
Mario Gangi
IT
1923 · Roma
Farida
IT
1946 · Catania

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Domenico Gangi	1656	Patti
Venerando Gangi	1748	Acireale	IT
Calogero Gangi	1879	Alimena
Mario Gangi	1923	Roma	IT
Farida	1946	Catania	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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D gangi

1 US arrivals

Di gangi

55 US arrivals

La gangi

1 US arrivals

Dfi gangi

1 US arrivals

Gangini

1 US arrivals

Gangisa

1 US arrivals

Ganga

7 US arrivals

Gange

3 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 Gangi.

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