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Palmeri

The strongest concentration of Palmeri in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 107 of 159 arrivals (67 percent) originating there.

159

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 159

Top regione

Sicilia

107 of 159
67 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 3

3 to 11

11 to 32

32+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

13 regioni represented

Sicilia10767%
Lazio106%
Campania106%
Piemonte85%
Abruzzo53%
Basilicata43%
Calabria43%
Puglia43%
Molise32%
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol11%
Emilia-Romagna11%
Friuli-Venezia Giulia11%
Umbria11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Palermo
12
Provincia PA
Ribera
10
Provincia AG
Sambuco
8
Provincia CN
Casteltermini
6
Provincia AG
Contessa Entellina
6
Provincia PA
Menfi
6
Provincia AG
Santa Ninfa
5
Provincia TP
Ventotene
5
Provincia LT
Marsala
5
Provincia TP
Patti
5
Provincia ME
Forenza
4
Provincia PZ
Monreale
4
Provincia PA
Serradifalco
3
Provincia CL
Collesano
3
Provincia PA
San Cataldo
3
Provincia CL

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Palermo	PA	12
Ribera	AG	10
Sambuco	CN	8
Casteltermini	AG	6
Contessa Entellina	PA	6
Menfi	AG	6
Santa Ninfa	TP	5
Ventotene	LT	5
Marsala	TP	5
Patti	ME	5
Forenza	PZ	4
Monreale	PA	4
Serradifalco	CL	3
Collesano	PA	3
San Cataldo	CL	3

Persone notevoli

Notable Palmeri on Wikipedia

Niccolò Palmeri
IT
1778 · Termini Imerese
Paride Palmeri
IT
1873 · Livorno
Andrea Palmeri
2000 · Saronno

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Niccolò Palmeri	1778	Termini Imerese	IT
Paride Palmeri	1873	Livorno	IT
Andrea Palmeri	2000	Saronno

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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Palmerio

13 US arrivals

Palmeria

1 US arrivals

Palmerini

20 US arrivals

Palmerino

16 US arrivals

Palmerizi

1 US arrivals

Palmeteri

1 US arrivals

Palmero

9 US arrivals

Palmere

3 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 Palmeri.

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