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Messinese
The strongest concentration of Messinese in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 1 of 2 arrivals (50 percent) originating there.
2
US arrivals
1830 to 1912
2
Comuni of
origin
2
Regioni
represented
0
Notable on
Wikipedia
Top regione
Sicilia
1 of 2
50 percent of arrivals
Cittadinanza per discendenza
Could your Messinese line qualify for Italian citizenship?
The largest share of Messinese arrivals came from Sicilia, most often from the provincia of Catania. 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.
The checker goes back through your line one generation at a time. It is not legal advice, and it does not search for records.
Check your lineItalian-born ancestor
A Messinese from Sicilia
Most often from Catania (CT)
Each generation between
Name and dates
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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.
Messines
2 US arrivals
Messineo
39 US arrivals
Messinei
1 US arrivals
Mussinese
1 US arrivals
Messina
1,071 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 Messinese.
Origini per comune
Arrival records by comune
Each row is a comune (municipality) where at least one passenger named Messinese was recorded between 1830 and 1912.