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Marcellino

The strongest concentration of Marcellino in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 20 of 59 arrivals (34 percent) originating there.

59

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

44

Comuni of
origin

10

Regioni
represented

4

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 59
Abruzzo: 2 arrivalsPuglia: 1 arrivalsCalabria: 10 arrivalsCampania: 16 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 1 arrivalsLazio: 1 arrivalsMolise: 4 arrivalsPiemonte: 2 arrivalsSicilia: 20 arrivalsVeneto: 2 arrivals

Top regione

Sicilia

20 of 59
34 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 1
1 to 2
2 to 6
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Cittadinanza per discendenza

Could your Marcellino line qualify for Italian citizenship?

The largest share of Marcellino arrivals came from Sicilia, most often from the provincia of Palermo. If one of them is your ancestor, Italy may recognize you as a citizen under jure sanguinis (citizenship by descent).

The surname alone does not decide it. Each generation between that ancestor and you does: who naturalized, and when. Since the 2025 law, the number of generations matters too.

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A Marcellino from Sicilia

Most often from Palermo (PA)

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Persone notevoli

Notable Marcellino on Wikipedia

  • Evangelista Marcellino

    1530 · Toscana

  • Valerio Marcellino

    1536 · Venezia

  • Giuseppe Marcellino

    1985 · Catania

  • Leto Marcellino

    IT

    Milano

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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Marcelino

1 US arrivals

Marcellini

11 US arrivals

Marcellina

3 US arrivals

Marcelli

55 US arrivals

Marchellino

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 Marcellino.

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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