Cognome

Lisi

The strongest concentration of Lisi in US arrival records points to Lazio, with 57 of 152 arrivals (38 percent) originating there.

152

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 152

Top regione

Lazio

57 of 152
38 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 2

2 to 6

6 to 17

17+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

13 regioni represented

Lazio5738%
Campania3322%
Sicilia2416%
Puglia1711%
Toscana43%
Calabria43%
Abruzzo43%
Lombardia21%
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol21%
Molise21%
Basilicata11%
Emilia-Romagna11%
Liguria11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Alatri
21
Provincia FR
Messina
9
Provincia ME
Torrice
8
Provincia FR
Strangolagalli
6
Provincia FR
Stella Cilento
6
Provincia SA
Salento
5
Provincia SA
Frosinone
5
Provincia FR
Toritto
5
Provincia BA
Veroli
4
Provincia FR
Ferentino
4
Provincia FR
Cervinara
3
Provincia AV
Monopoli
3
Provincia BA
Arezzo
3
Provincia AR
Roma
3
Provincia RM
Amaseno
3
Provincia FR

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Alatri	FR	21
Messina	ME	9
Torrice	FR	8
Strangolagalli	FR	6
Stella Cilento	SA	6
Salento	SA	5
Frosinone	FR	5
Toritto	BA	5
Veroli	FR	4
Ferentino	FR	4
Cervinara	AV	3
Monopoli	BA	3
Arezzo	AR	3
Roma	RM	3
Amaseno	FR	3

Persone notevoli

Notable Lisi on Wikipedia

Nicola Lisi
IT
1893 · Scarperia
Emanuele Lisi
IT
1915 · Alatri
Antonio Lisi
1920 · Terlizzi
Tommaso Lisi
IT
1935 · Coreno Ausonio
Virna Lisi
EN IT
1936 · Ancona
Antonio Lisi
IT
1938 · Galatina
Danilo Lisi
1953 · Frosinone
Giorgio Lisi
IT
1956 · Rimini
Ugo Lisi
IT
1967 · Gallipoli
Simonetta Lisi
1968 · Verona
Veronica Lisi
EN
1987 · Padova

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Nicola Lisi	1893	Scarperia	IT
Emanuele Lisi	1915	Alatri	IT
Antonio Lisi	1920	Terlizzi
Tommaso Lisi	1935	Coreno Ausonio	IT
Virna Lisi	1936	Ancona	EN IT
Antonio Lisi	1938	Galatina	IT
Danilo Lisi	1953	Frosinone
Giorgio Lisi	1956	Rimini	IT
Ugo Lisi	1967	Gallipoli	IT
Simonetta Lisi	1968	Verona
Veronica Lisi	1987	Padova	EN

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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S\\lisi

1 US arrivals

De lisi

55 US arrivals

Di lisi

23 US arrivals

Lisio

28 US arrivals

Lissi

9 US arrivals

Libisi

2 US arrivals

Lisier

1 US arrivals

Lisina

1 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 Lisi.

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