Cognome

Petrini

The strongest concentration of Petrini in US arrival records points to Abruzzo, with 18 of 68 arrivals (26 percent) originating there.

68

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

42

Comuni of
origin

15

Regioni
represented

27

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 68
Abruzzo: 18 arrivalsPuglia: 1 arrivalsBasilicata: 1 arrivalsCalabria: 2 arrivalsCampania: 2 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 2 arrivalsLazio: 7 arrivalsLombardia: 3 arrivalsMarche: 3 arrivalsMolise: 1 arrivalsPiemonte: 3 arrivalsSicilia: 5 arrivalsToscana: 9 arrivalsUmbria: 2 arrivalsVeneto: 9 arrivals

Top regione

Abruzzo

18 of 68
26 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 1
1 to 2
2 to 5
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Cittadinanza per discendenza

Could your Petrini line qualify for Italian citizenship?

The largest share of Petrini arrivals came from Abruzzo, most often from the provincia of Pescara. 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 Petrini from Abruzzo

Most often from Pescara (PE)

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Persone notevoli

Notable Petrini on Wikipedia

  • Antonio Petrini

    IT

    1621 · Calavino

  • Bartolomeo Petrini

    EN

    1643 · Perugia

  • Pietro Antonio Petrini

    1722 · Palestrina

  • Pietro Petrini

    IT

    1785 · Pistoia

  • Silvestro Petrini

    IT

    1812 · Bisenti

  • Domenico Petrini

    IT

    1902 · Rieti

  • Giannina Cattaneo Petrini

    IT

    1908 · Milano

  • Enzo Petrini

    1916 · Siena

  • Rolando Petrini

    1921 · Siena

  • Franco Petrini

    IT

    1922 · Imola

  • Mario Petrini

    1926 · Pisa

  • Luigi Petrini

    1928 · Bologna

  • Luigi Petrini

    IT

    1934 · Roma

  • Gastone Petrini

    1938 · Fano

  • Giancarlo Petrini

    IT

    1945 · Fermo

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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Petrinni

1 US arrivals

Petrin

1 US arrivals

Petrino

45 US arrivals

Petrina

15 US arrivals

Petrine

1 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 Petrini.

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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