Cognome
Midiri
The strongest concentration of Midiri in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 19 of 19 arrivals (100 percent) originating there.
19
US arrivals
1830 to 1912
3
Comuni of
origin
1
Regioni
represented
0
Notable on
Wikipedia
Top regione
Sicilia
19 of 19
100 percent of arrivals
Cittadinanza per discendenza
Could your Midiri line qualify for Italian citizenship?
The largest share of Midiri arrivals came from Sicilia, most often from the provincia of Messina. 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.
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A Midiri from Sicilia
Most often from Messina (ME)
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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.
Variants are surfaced from the surname index, not from per-name research. None of these is guaranteed to be the same family as Midiri.
Origini per comune
Arrival records by comune
Each row is a comune (municipality) where at least one passenger named Midiri was recorded between 1830 and 1912.