Cognome

Gizzi

The strongest concentration of Gizzi in US arrival records points to Lazio, with 54 of 176 arrivals (31 percent) originating there.

176

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

77

Comuni of
origin

14

Regioni
represented

9

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 176
Abruzzo: 48 arrivalsPuglia: 4 arrivalsBasilicata: 2 arrivalsCalabria: 6 arrivalsCampania: 31 arrivalsFriuli-Venezia Giulia: 1 arrivalsLazio: 54 arrivalsLombardia: 1 arrivalsMarche: 1 arrivalsMolise: 12 arrivalsPiemonte: 4 arrivalsSicilia: 9 arrivalsTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol: 2 arrivalsVeneto: 1 arrivals

Top regione

Lazio

54 of 176
31 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 2
2 to 5
5 to 16
16+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

14 regioni represented

  • Lazio5431%
  • Abruzzo4827%
  • Campania3118%
  • Molise127%
  • Sicilia95%
  • Calabria63%
  • Puglia42%
  • Piemonte42%
  • Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol21%
  • Basilicata21%
  • Marche11%
  • Veneto11%
  • Friuli-Venezia Giulia11%
  • Lombardia11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Gizzi 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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Gizzio

1 US arrivals

Del gizzi

1 US arrivals

Gizi

15 US arrivals

Gizzo

38 US arrivals

Gizza

4 US arrivals

Giambizzi

1 US arrivals

Egizzi

3 US arrivals

Grizzi

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 Gizzi.

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