Cognome

Modesti

The strongest concentration of Modesti in US arrival records points to Abruzzo, with 12 of 23 arrivals (52 percent) originating there.

23

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

14

Comuni of
origin

9

Regioni
represented

7

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 23
Abruzzo: 12 arrivalsCalabria: 2 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 1 arrivalsFriuli-Venezia Giulia: 1 arrivalsLiguria: 2 arrivalsLombardia: 1 arrivalsSicilia: 1 arrivalsToscana: 1 arrivalsUmbria: 2 arrivals

Top regione

Abruzzo

12 of 23
52 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 0
0 to 1
1 to 4
4+

Persone notevoli

Notable Modesti on Wikipedia

  • Iacopo Modesti

    1463 · Prato

  • Giuseppe Modesti

    ENIT

    1915 · Cremona

  • Renzo Modesti

    IT

    1920 · Como

  • Gianni Bailo Modesti

    1950 · Milano

  • Maddalena Modesti

    1976 · Roma

  • Nicola Modesti

    1990 · Teramo

  • Vittoria Modesti

    2002 · Italia

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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Modestino

16 US arrivals

Modestini

2 US arrivals

Modesto

24 US arrivals

Modesta

2 US arrivals

Modeste

1 US arrivals

Moddestino

2 US arrivals

Di modesto

1 US arrivals

Moderti

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 Modesti.

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

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