Cognome

Nicolosi

The strongest concentration of Nicolosi in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 137 of 172 arrivals (80 percent) originating there.

172

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

55

Comuni of
origin

10

Regioni
represented

20

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 172
Abruzzo: 1 arrivalsPuglia: 2 arrivalsBasilicata: 3 arrivalsCalabria: 3 arrivalsCampania: 18 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 2 arrivalsLazio: 2 arrivalsLombardia: 1 arrivalsSicilia: 137 arrivalsToscana: 3 arrivals

Top regione

Sicilia

137 of 172
80 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 4
4 to 14
14 to 41
41+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

10 regioni represented

  • Sicilia13780%
  • Campania1810%
  • Basilicata32%
  • Toscana32%
  • Calabria32%
  • Emilia-Romagna21%
  • Puglia21%
  • Lazio21%
  • Lombardia11%
  • Abruzzo11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Nicolosi 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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Nicolosio

2 US arrivals

Nicoloso

4 US arrivals

Nicolo

99 US arrivals

Nicosi

2 US arrivals

Nicolo'

1 US arrivals

Nicolsi

2 US arrivals

Nicolasi

15 US arrivals

Nicolesi

5 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 Nicolosi.

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