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Maltese

The strongest concentration of Maltese in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 139 of 164 arrivals (85 percent) originating there.

164

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

35

Comuni of
origin

6

Regioni
represented

0

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 164
Puglia: 3 arrivalsBasilicata: 5 arrivalsCalabria: 5 arrivalsCampania: 8 arrivalsSicilia: 139 arrivalsVeneto: 4 arrivals

Top regione

Sicilia

139 of 164
85 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 4
4 to 14
14 to 42
42+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

6 regioni represented

  • Sicilia13985%
  • Campania85%
  • Basilicata53%
  • Calabria53%
  • Veneto42%
  • Puglia32%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

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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Maltesi

8 US arrivals

Maltesa

2 US arrivals

Maltesta

1 US arrivals

Matese

10 US arrivals

Altese

3 US arrivals

Maltei

1 US arrivals

Mattese

7 US arrivals

Malfese

6 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 Maltese.

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