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Grimaldi

The strongest concentration of Grimaldi in US arrival records points to Campania, with 220 of 437 arrivals (50 percent) originating there.

437

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

160

Comuni of
origin

15

Regioni
represented

87

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 437
Abruzzo: 20 arrivalsPuglia: 9 arrivalsBasilicata: 13 arrivalsCalabria: 55 arrivalsCampania: 220 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 1 arrivalsLazio: 16 arrivalsMolise: 9 arrivalsPiemonte: 6 arrivalsSardegna: 1 arrivalsSicilia: 74 arrivalsTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol: 5 arrivalsToscana: 1 arrivalsUmbria: 3 arrivalsVeneto: 4 arrivals

Top regione

Campania

220 of 437
50 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 7
7 to 22
22 to 66
66+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

15 regioni represented

  • Campania22050%
  • Sicilia7417%
  • Calabria5513%
  • Abruzzo205%
  • Lazio164%
  • Basilicata133%
  • Puglia92%
  • Molise92%
  • Piemonte61%
  • Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol51%
  • Veneto41%
  • Umbria31%
  • Sardegna10%
  • Toscana10%
  • Emilia-Romagna10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Grimaldi 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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Grimalda

2 US arrivals

Grimaldo

2 US arrivals

Garimaldi

1 US arrivals

Griomaldi

1 US arrivals

Grimali

2 US arrivals

Rimaldi

2 US arrivals

Crimaldi

18 US arrivals

Grinaldi

8 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 Grimaldi.

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