Cognome

Gervasi

The strongest concentration of Gervasi in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 91 of 195 arrivals (47 percent) originating there.

195

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 195

Top regione

Sicilia

91 of 195
47 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 3

3 to 9

9 to 27

27+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

14 regioni represented

Sicilia9147%
Calabria4021%
Campania3417%
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol63%
Lazio63%
Abruzzo42%
Marche32%
Emilia-Romagna21%
Basilicata21%
Toscana21%
Molise21%
Puglia11%
Piemonte11%
Lombardia11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Calitri
20
Provincia AV
Villalba
17
Provincia CL
Caccamo
11
Provincia PA
Valledolmo
11
Provincia PA
Isnello
10
Provincia PA
Palermo
10
Provincia PA
Simbario
8
Provincia VV
Cosenza
7
Provincia CS
Riace
6
Provincia RC
Carzano
6
Provincia TN
Fiamignano
5
Provincia RI
Trapani
5
Provincia TP
Cervinara
4
Provincia AV
Aprigliano
4
Provincia CS
Avellino
3
Provincia AV

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Calitri	AV	20
Villalba	CL	17
Caccamo	PA	11
Valledolmo	PA	11
Isnello	PA	10
Palermo	PA	10
Simbario	VV	8
Cosenza	CS	7
Riace	RC	6
Carzano	TN	6
Fiamignano	RI	5
Trapani	TP	5
Cervinara	AV	4
Aprigliano	CS	4
Avellino	AV	3

Persone notevoli

Notable Gervasi on Wikipedia

Isotta Gervasi
EN IT
1889 · Cervia
Galliano Gervasi
IT
1899 · Foiano della Chiana
Osvaldo Gervasi
1957 · Collazzone
Dario Gervasi
IT
1968 · Roma
Fabio Gervasi
IT
1970 · Roma
Chiara Gervasi
IT
1986 · La Spezia
Luca Gervasi
1988 · Milano
Mario Gervasi
1989 · Roma

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Isotta Gervasi	1889	Cervia	EN IT
Galliano Gervasi	1899	Foiano della Chiana	IT
Osvaldo Gervasi	1957	Collazzone
Dario Gervasi	1968	Roma	IT
Fabio Gervasi	1970	Roma	IT
Chiara Gervasi	1986	La Spezia	IT
Luca Gervasi	1988	Milano
Mario Gervasi	1989	Roma

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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Gervasio

62 US arrivals

Gervasia

3 US arrivals

Gervasini

1 US arrivals

Gervaso

10 US arrivals

Gervase

1 US arrivals

Gervasso

1 US arrivals

Gervasoni

8 US arrivals

Gervasone

5 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 Gervasi.

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