Cognome

Lentini

The strongest concentration of Lentini in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 137 of 230 arrivals (60 percent) originating there.

230

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 230

Top regione

Sicilia

137 of 230
60 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 4

4 to 14

14 to 41

41+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

12 regioni represented

Sicilia13760%
Calabria4720%
Basilicata125%
Campania125%
Abruzzo83%
Puglia42%
Sardegna31%
Marche21%
Lombardia21%
Veneto10%
Umbria10%
Lazio10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Messina
22
Provincia ME
Marsala
12
Provincia TP
Villarosa
10
Provincia EN
Carini
10
Provincia PA
Palermo
9
Provincia PA
Bovalino
9
Provincia RC
Vizzini
9
Provincia CT
Caccamo
8
Provincia PA
Alcamo
8
Provincia TP
Brienza
7
Provincia PZ
San Sostene
6
Provincia CZ
Marcellinara
6
Provincia CZ
Capizzi
6
Provincia ME
Sciacca
5
Provincia AG
Platì
5
Provincia RC

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Messina	ME	22
Marsala	TP	12
Villarosa	EN	10
Carini	PA	10
Palermo	PA	9
Bovalino	RC	9
Vizzini	CT	9
Caccamo	PA	8
Alcamo	TP	8
Brienza	PZ	7
San Sostene	CZ	6
Marcellinara	CZ	6
Capizzi	ME	6
Sciacca	AG	5
Platì	RC	5

Persone notevoli

Notable Lentini on Wikipedia

Domenico Lentini
EN IT
1770 · Lauria
Benito Lentini
1793 · Palermo
Giovanni Lentini the Elder
EN IT
1830 · Trapani
Rocco Lentini
EN IT
1858 · Palermo
Giovanni Lentini il Giovane
IT
1882 · Palermo
Frank Lentini
EN IT
1889 · Rosolini
Filippo Lentini
1925 · Favara
Gerlando Lentini
1930 · Ribera
Licinia Lentini
EN IT
1959 · Roma
Andrea Lentini
1964 · Terni
Gianluigi Lentini
EN IT
1969 · Carmagnola
Stefano Lentini
EN IT
1974 · Roma
Giuseppe Lentini
1975 · Catanzaro
Francesco Gargallo di Castel Lentini
1993 · Roma

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Domenico Lentini	1770	Lauria	EN IT
Benito Lentini	1793	Palermo
Giovanni Lentini the Elder	1830	Trapani	EN IT
Rocco Lentini	1858	Palermo	EN IT
Giovanni Lentini il Giovane	1882	Palermo	IT
Frank Lentini	1889	Rosolini	EN IT
Filippo Lentini	1925	Favara
Gerlando Lentini	1930	Ribera
Licinia Lentini	1959	Roma	EN IT
Andrea Lentini	1964	Terni
Gianluigi Lentini	1969	Carmagnola	EN IT
Stefano Lentini	1974	Roma	EN IT
Giuseppe Lentini	1975	Catanzaro
Francesco Gargallo di Castel Lentini	1993	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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Lenttini

1 US arrivals

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Lentino

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Lentina

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Lenti

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Lentioni

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Lentrini

1 US arrivals

Valentini

300 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 Lentini.

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