Cognome

Petti

The strongest concentration of Petti in US arrival records points to Molise, with 82 of 166 arrivals (49 percent) originating there.

166

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 166

Top regione

Molise

82 of 166
49 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 2

2 to 8

8 to 25

25+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

12 regioni represented

Molise8249%
Campania5231%
Puglia85%
Sicilia74%
Calabria53%
Lazio32%
Abruzzo32%
Piemonte21%
Basilicata11%
Veneto11%
Toscana11%
Marche11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Oratino
15
Provincia CB
Castropignano
14
Provincia CB
Nocera Superiore
14
Provincia SA
Campobasso
12
Provincia CB
Casalciprano
8
Provincia CB
Nocera Inferiore
6
Provincia SA
Spinete
5
Provincia CB
Salerno
5
Provincia SA
Sarno
5
Provincia SA
Sant'Agata de' Goti
5
Provincia BN
Sepino
4
Provincia CB
Sant'Elia a Pianisi
4
Provincia CB
Colle Sannita
3
Provincia BN
Ferrazzano
3
Provincia CB
Napoli
3
Provincia NA

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Oratino	CB	15
Castropignano	CB	14
Nocera Superiore	SA	14
Campobasso	CB	12
Casalciprano	CB	8
Nocera Inferiore	SA	6
Spinete	CB	5
Salerno	SA	5
Sarno	SA	5
Sant'Agata de' Goti	BN	5
Sepino	CB	4
Sant'Elia a Pianisi	CB	4
Colle Sannita	BN	3
Ferrazzano	CB	3
Napoli	NA	3

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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Pettiti

9 US arrivals

Petetti

2 US arrivals

Pettitti

2 US arrivals

Petretti

11 US arrivals

Peppetti

3 US arrivals

De petti

1 US arrivals

Pettis

2 US arrivals

Pettia

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 Petti.

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