Cognome

Messina

The strongest concentration of Messina in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 834 of 1,071 arrivals (78 percent) originating there.

1,071

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

216

Comuni of
origin

17

Regioni
represented

65

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 1,071
Abruzzo: 8 arrivalsPuglia: 15 arrivalsBasilicata: 43 arrivalsCalabria: 62 arrivalsCampania: 61 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 6 arrivalsLazio: 7 arrivalsLiguria: 2 arrivalsLombardia: 6 arrivalsMarche: 2 arrivalsMolise: 15 arrivalsPiemonte: 3 arrivalsSardegna: 2 arrivalsSicilia: 834 arrivalsTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol: 2 arrivalsToscana: 1 arrivalsVeneto: 2 arrivals

Top regione

Sicilia

834 of 1,071
78 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 25
25 to 83
83 to 250
250+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

17 regioni represented

  • Sicilia83478%
  • Calabria626%
  • Campania616%
  • Basilicata434%
  • Molise151%
  • Puglia151%
  • Abruzzo81%
  • Lazio71%
  • Lombardia61%
  • Emilia-Romagna61%
  • Piemonte30%
  • Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol20%
  • Veneto20%
  • Liguria20%
  • Sardegna20%
  • Marche20%
  • Toscana10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Messina 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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Mesina

19 US arrivals

Messino

30 US arrivals

Messini

2 US arrivals

Messi

8 US arrivals

Messineo

39 US arrivals

Messinco

30 US arrivals

Messines

2 US arrivals

Messinio

2 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 Messina.

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