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Sapienza

The strongest concentration of Sapienza in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 144 of 205 arrivals (70 percent) originating there.

205

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 205

Top regione

Sicilia

144 of 205
70 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 4

4 to 14

14 to 43

43+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

10 regioni represented

Sicilia14470%
Liguria3216%
Basilicata84%
Abruzzo73%
Calabria52%
Campania31%
Lombardia21%
Puglia21%
Lazio10%
Friuli-Venezia Giulia10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Ventimiglia
32
Provincia IM
Collesano
18
Provincia PA
Montelepre
15
Provincia PA
Gratteri
15
Provincia PA
Casteldaccia
13
Provincia PA
Alimena
13
Provincia PA
Naso
12
Provincia ME
Terrasini
9
Provincia PA
Palermo
9
Provincia PA
Baragiano
7
Provincia PZ
Grotteria
5
Provincia RC
Caccamo
5
Provincia PA
Lanciano
4
Provincia CH
San Cataldo
3
Provincia CL
Cefalù
3
Provincia PA

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Ventimiglia	IM	32
Collesano	PA	18
Montelepre	PA	15
Gratteri	PA	15
Casteldaccia	PA	13
Alimena	PA	13
Naso	ME	12
Terrasini	PA	9
Palermo	PA	9
Baragiano	PZ	7
Grotteria	RC	5
Caccamo	PA	5
Lanciano	CH	4
San Cataldo	CL	3
Cefalù	PA	3

Persone notevoli

Notable Sapienza on Wikipedia

Luigi Sapienza
IT
1866 · Catania
Giuseppe Sapienza
IT
1884 · Catania
Goliarda Sapienza
EN IT
1924 · Catania
Orazio Sapienza
IT
1935 · Catania
Leonardo Sapienza
IT
1952 · Cassano delle Murge
Davide Sapienza
IT
1963 · Monza
Paola Sapienza
EN
1965 · Catania
Giovanni Ivano Sapienza
1972 · Palermo

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Luigi Sapienza	1866	Catania	IT
Giuseppe Sapienza	1884	Catania	IT
Goliarda Sapienza	1924	Catania	EN IT
Orazio Sapienza	1935	Catania	IT
Leonardo Sapienza	1952	Cassano delle Murge	IT
Davide Sapienza	1963	Monza	IT
Paola Sapienza	1965	Catania	EN
Giovanni Ivano Sapienza	1972	Palermo

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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La sapienza

1 US arrivals

Spienza

1 US arrivals

Sapiente

4 US arrivals

Sapiensa

3 US arrivals

Sapienti

1 US arrivals

Sapiento

1 US arrivals

Safrienza

2 US arrivals

Sienza

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 Sapienza.

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