Cognome

Gianni

The strongest concentration of Gianni in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 47 of 110 arrivals (43 percent) originating there.

110

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

47

Comuni of
origin

14

Regioni
represented

14

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 110
Abruzzo: 5 arrivalsBasilicata: 2 arrivalsCalabria: 2 arrivalsCampania: 11 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 7 arrivalsLazio: 5 arrivalsLombardia: 6 arrivalsMarche: 2 arrivalsPiemonte: 1 arrivalsSicilia: 47 arrivalsTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol: 1 arrivalsToscana: 19 arrivalsUmbria: 1 arrivalsVeneto: 1 arrivals

Top regione

Sicilia

47 of 110
43 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 1
1 to 5
5 to 14
14+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

14 regioni represented

  • Sicilia4743%
  • Toscana1917%
  • Campania1110%
  • Emilia-Romagna76%
  • Lombardia65%
  • Lazio55%
  • Abruzzo55%
  • Basilicata22%
  • Marche22%
  • Calabria22%
  • Umbria11%
  • Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol11%
  • Veneto11%
  • Piemonte11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Gianni on Wikipedia

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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Giannini

245 US arrivals

Di gianni

27 US arrivals

De gianni

7 US arrivals

Giargianni

2 US arrivals

Giannioni

1 US arrivals

Giannio

4 US arrivals

Giannis

1 US arrivals

Giorgianni

43 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 Gianni.

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