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Mendello
The strongest concentration of Mendello in US arrival records points to Friuli-Venezia Giulia, with 1 of 3 arrivals (33 percent) originating there.
3
US arrivals
1830 to 1912
3
Comuni of
origin
3
Regioni
represented
0
Notable on
Wikipedia
Top regione
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
1 of 3
33 percent of arrivals
Cittadinanza per discendenza
Could your Mendello line qualify for Italian citizenship?
The largest share of Mendello arrivals came from Friuli-Venezia Giulia, most often from the provincia of Pordenone. 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 Mendello from Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Most often from Pordenone (PN)
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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.
Mendella
3 US arrivals
Mendelli
1 US arrivals
Menello
3 US arrivals
Mondello
78 US arrivals
Mello
38 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 Mendello.
Origini per comune
Arrival records by comune
Each row is a comune (municipality) where at least one passenger named Mendello was recorded between 1830 and 1912.