Cognome

Lo Presti

The strongest concentration of Lo Presti in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 200 of 235 arrivals (85 percent) originating there.

235

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 235

Top regione

Sicilia

200 of 235
85 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 6

6 to 20

20 to 60

60+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

9 regioni represented

Sicilia20085%
Calabria188%
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol42%
Piemonte31%
Abruzzo31%
Campania31%
Puglia21%
Basilicata10%
Emilia-Romagna10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Trabia
26
Provincia PA
Palermo
13
Provincia PA
Caltagirone
11
Provincia CT
Naso
11
Provincia ME
Messina
10
Provincia ME
Collesano
9
Provincia PA
Mistretta
7
Provincia ME
Mirto
7
Provincia ME
Patti
6
Provincia ME
Castell'Umberto
5
Provincia ME
Lipari
5
Provincia ME
Nicosia
5
Provincia EN
Prizzi
5
Provincia PA
San Piero Patti
4
Provincia ME
Grotte
4
Provincia AG

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Trabia	PA	26
Palermo	PA	13
Caltagirone	CT	11
Naso	ME	11
Messina	ME	10
Collesano	PA	9
Mistretta	ME	7
Mirto	ME	7
Patti	ME	6
Castell'Umberto	ME	5
Lipari	ME	5
Nicosia	EN	5
Prizzi	PA	5
San Piero Patti	ME	4
Grotte	AG	4

Persone notevoli

Notable Lo Presti on Wikipedia

Concetto Lo Presti
IT
1903 · Catania
Antonino Lo Presti
IT
1954 · Palermo
Letizia Lo Presti
1983 · Palermo

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Concetto Lo Presti	1903	Catania	IT
Antonino Lo Presti	1954	Palermo	IT
Letizia Lo Presti	1983	Palermo

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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Lo prest

2 US arrivals

Presti

140 US arrivals

Lo preste

10 US arrivals

Lo presto

6 US arrivals

La presti

1 US arrivals

Lo presta

1 US arrivals

Lko presti

1 US arrivals

Lopresti

100 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 Lo Presti.

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