Cognome

Rosellini

The strongest concentration of Rosellini in US arrival records points to Toscana, with 10 of 24 arrivals (42 percent) originating there.

24

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

18

Comuni of
origin

8

Regioni
represented

4

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 24
Abruzzo: 2 arrivalsPuglia: 2 arrivalsCalabria: 2 arrivalsCampania: 1 arrivalsLombardia: 2 arrivalsSicilia: 4 arrivalsTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol: 1 arrivalsToscana: 10 arrivals

Top regione

Toscana

10 of 24
42 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
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1
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Could your Rosellini line qualify for Italian citizenship?

The largest share of Rosellini arrivals came from Toscana, most often from the provincia of Pistoia. 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 Rosellini from Toscana

Most often from Pistoia (PT)

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Persone notevoli

Notable Rosellini on Wikipedia

  • Ippolito Rosellini

    ENIT

    1800 · Pisa

  • Ferdinando Rosellini

    ENIT

    1814 · Pisa

  • Michela Rosellini

    1961 · Italia

  • Nicoletta Rosellini

    EN

    1991 · Lucca

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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Rossellini

3 US arrivals

Rosellino

5 US arrivals

Roselli

128 US arrivals

Rovellini

4 US arrivals

Romellini

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 Rosellini.

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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