Cognome

Pinelli

The strongest concentration of Pinelli in US arrival records points to Molise, with 58 of 115 arrivals (50 percent) originating there.

115

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

41

Comuni of
origin

8

Regioni
represented

33

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 115
Calabria: 7 arrivalsCampania: 10 arrivalsLazio: 7 arrivalsLiguria: 1 arrivalsLombardia: 1 arrivalsMolise: 58 arrivalsSicilia: 18 arrivalsToscana: 13 arrivals

Top regione

Molise

58 of 115
50 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 2
2 to 6
6 to 17
17+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

8 regioni represented

  • Molise5850%
  • Sicilia1816%
  • Toscana1311%
  • Campania109%
  • Lazio76%
  • Calabria76%
  • Lombardia11%
  • Liguria11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Pinelli 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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Pimpinelli

3 US arrivals

Pinello

32 US arrivals

Pinella

15 US arrivals

Piccinelli

12 US arrivals

Pampinelli

3 US arrivals

Piscinelli

3 US arrivals

Paspinelli

2 US arrivals

Pichinelli

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 Pinelli.

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