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Occhipinti

The strongest concentration of Occhipinti in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 78 of 79 arrivals (99 percent) originating there.

79

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

20

Comuni of
origin

2

Regioni
represented

17

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 79
Campania: 1 arrivalsSicilia: 78 arrivals

Top regione

Sicilia

78 of 79
99 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 2
2 to 8
8 to 23
23+

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Could your Occhipinti line qualify for Italian citizenship?

The largest share of Occhipinti arrivals came from Sicilia, most often from the provincia of Ragusa. 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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A Occhipinti from Sicilia

Most often from Ragusa (RG)

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Persone notevoli

Notable Occhipinti 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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Ochipinti

4 US arrivals

Occhipinto

16 US arrivals

Occhipin

1 US arrivals

Occhifinti

12 US arrivals

Acchipinti

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 Occhipinti.

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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