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Portelli
The strongest concentration of Portelli in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 27 of 34 arrivals (79 percent) originating there.
34
US arrivals
1830 to 1912
9
Comuni of
origin
4
Regioni
represented
3
Notable on
Wikipedia
Top regione
Sicilia
27 of 34
79 percent of arrivals
Persone notevoli
Notable Portelli 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.
Portella
13 US arrivals
Portello
4 US arrivals
Sportelli
14 US arrivals
Porelli
6 US arrivals
Ortelli
4 US arrivals
Potelli
1 US arrivals
Porticelli
3 US arrivals
La portella
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 Portelli.
Origini per comune
Arrival records by comune
Each row is a comune (municipality) where at least one passenger named Portelli was recorded between 1830 and 1912.
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