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Nicolini

The strongest concentration of Nicolini in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 14 of 43 arrivals (33 percent) originating there.

43

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

30

Comuni of
origin

13

Regioni
represented

38

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 43
Abruzzo: 7 arrivalsBasilicata: 1 arrivalsCalabria: 2 arrivalsCampania: 5 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 3 arrivalsLazio: 1 arrivalsLiguria: 2 arrivalsMarche: 2 arrivalsMolise: 1 arrivalsPiemonte: 1 arrivalsSicilia: 14 arrivalsToscana: 2 arrivalsVeneto: 2 arrivals

Top regione

Sicilia

14 of 43
33 percent of arrivals

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Cittadinanza per discendenza

Could your Nicolini line qualify for Italian citizenship?

The largest share of Nicolini arrivals came from Sicilia, most often from the provincia of Palermo. 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.

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Persone notevoli

Notable Nicolini on Wikipedia

  • Giovanni Antonio Nicolini da Sabbio

    1500 · Sabbio Chiese

  • Filippo Nicolini

    EN

    1700 · Italia

  • Giuseppe Nicolini

    ENIT

    1762 · Piacenza

  • Niccola Nicolini

    1772 · Tollo

  • Giuseppe Nicolini

    ENIT

    1788 · Brescia

  • Giovanni Battista Nicolini

    IT

    1794 · Brescia

  • Giovanni Battista Nicolini

    1805 · Collamato

  • Francesco Santamaria Nicolini

    ENIT

    1830 · Napoli

  • Giuseppe Nicolini

    EN

    1855 · Palermo

  • Giuseppe Placido Nicolini

    ENIT

    1877 · Villazzano

  • Fausto Nicolini

    IT

    1879 · Napoli

  • Tito Nicolini

    1899 · Pozzaglia Sabina

  • Bruno Nicolini

    IT

    1904 · Roma

  • Nicola Nicolini

    1905 · Napoli

  • Benedetto Nicolini

    1910 · Napoli

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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Niccolini

4 US arrivals

Nicolino

20 US arrivals

Nicolina

2 US arrivals

Nicoli

62 US arrivals

Nicolia

19 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 Nicolini.

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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