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Ottani
The strongest concentration of Ottani in US arrival records points to Emilia-Romagna, with 3 of 4 arrivals (75 percent) originating there.
4
US arrivals
1830 to 1912
3
Comuni of
origin
2
Regioni
represented
6
Notable on
Wikipedia
Top regione
Emilia-Romagna
3 of 4
75 percent of arrivals
Cittadinanza per discendenza
Could your Ottani line qualify for Italian citizenship?
The largest share of Ottani arrivals came from Emilia-Romagna, most often from the provincia of Bologna. 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 Ottani from Emilia-Romagna
Most often from Bologna (BO)
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Persone notevoli
Notable Ottani 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.
Ottanio
1 US arrivals
Ottaiani
2 US arrivals
Ottavani
2 US arrivals
Ottamani
1 US arrivals
Ottana
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 Ottani.
Origini per comune
Arrival records by comune
Each row is a comune (municipality) where at least one passenger named Ottani was recorded between 1830 and 1912.