Cognome

Meli

The strongest concentration of Meli in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 158 of 193 arrivals (82 percent) originating there.

193

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

58

Comuni of
origin

11

Regioni
represented

19

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 193
Abruzzo: 3 arrivalsPuglia: 1 arrivalsBasilicata: 2 arrivalsCalabria: 9 arrivalsCampania: 14 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 1 arrivalsLazio: 1 arrivalsLiguria: 2 arrivalsPiemonte: 1 arrivalsSicilia: 158 arrivalsTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol: 1 arrivals

Top regione

Sicilia

158 of 193
82 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 5
5 to 16
16 to 47
47+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

11 regioni represented

  • Sicilia15882%
  • Campania147%
  • Calabria95%
  • Abruzzo32%
  • Liguria21%
  • Basilicata21%
  • Emilia-Romagna11%
  • Puglia11%
  • Piemonte11%
  • Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol11%
  • Lazio11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Meli on Wikipedia

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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Melili

1 US arrivals

Melilli

5 US arrivals

Di meli

1 US arrivals

Melia

22 US arrivals

Melli

7 US arrivals

Melio

5 US arrivals

Melis

2 US arrivals

Melito

80 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 Meli.

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