Cognome

Morelli

The strongest concentration of Morelli in US arrival records points to Campania, with 156 of 642 arrivals (24 percent) originating there.

642

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

262

Comuni of
origin

18

Regioni
represented

91

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 642
Abruzzo: 64 arrivalsPuglia: 18 arrivalsBasilicata: 24 arrivalsCalabria: 130 arrivalsCampania: 156 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 18 arrivalsFriuli-Venezia Giulia: 1 arrivalsLazio: 52 arrivalsLiguria: 3 arrivalsLombardia: 12 arrivalsMarche: 8 arrivalsMolise: 34 arrivalsPiemonte: 8 arrivalsSicilia: 52 arrivalsTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol: 12 arrivalsToscana: 28 arrivalsUmbria: 9 arrivalsVeneto: 13 arrivals

Top regione

Campania

156 of 642
24 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 5
5 to 16
16 to 47
47+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

18 regioni represented

  • Campania15624%
  • Calabria13020%
  • Abruzzo6410%
  • Lazio528%
  • Sicilia528%
  • Molise345%
  • Toscana284%
  • Basilicata244%
  • Puglia183%
  • Emilia-Romagna183%
  • Veneto132%
  • Lombardia122%
  • Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol122%
  • Umbria91%
  • Piemonte81%
  • Marche81%
  • Liguria30%
  • Friuli-Venezia Giulia10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Morelli 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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Mortorelli

1 US arrivals

Morrelli

9 US arrivals

Morellis

1 US arrivals

Morelliu

1 US arrivals

Moreli

4 US arrivals

Morell

1 US arrivals

Modorelli

2 US arrivals

Moreselli

1 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 Morelli.

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