Cognome

Scali

The strongest concentration of Scali in US arrival records points to Calabria, with 116 of 147 arrivals (79 percent) originating there.

147

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 147

Top regione

Calabria

116 of 147
79 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 3

3 to 12

12 to 35

35+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

11 regioni represented

Calabria11679%
Campania96%
Molise53%
Sicilia53%
Abruzzo32%
Puglia21%
Lazio21%
Lombardia21%
Marche11%
Toscana11%
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Mammola
28
Provincia RC
Gerace
21
Provincia RC
Grotteria
14
Provincia RC
Martone
9
Provincia RC
Gioiosa Ionica
7
Provincia RC
Ardore
6
Provincia RC
Reggio di Calabria
5
Provincia RC
Ferrazzano
5
Provincia CB
Roccella Ionica
4
Provincia RC
Cinquefrondi
4
Provincia RC
Caulonia
3
Provincia RC
Palmi
3
Provincia RC
L'Aquila
2
Provincia AQ
Cittanova
2
Provincia RC
Polistena
2
Provincia RC

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Mammola	RC	28
Gerace	RC	21
Grotteria	RC	14
Martone	RC	9
Gioiosa Ionica	RC	7
Ardore	RC	6
Reggio di Calabria	RC	5
Ferrazzano	CB	5
Roccella Ionica	RC	4
Cinquefrondi	RC	4
Caulonia	RC	3
Palmi	RC	3
L'Aquila	AQ	2
Cittanova	RC	2
Polistena	RC	2

Persone notevoli

Notable Scali on Wikipedia

Maria Cristina Bezzi-Scali
IT
1900 · Roma
Giovanni Scali
1932 · San Miniato
Francesco Scali
IT
1958 · Roma
Massimo Scali
EN IT
1979 · Monterotondo

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Maria Cristina Bezzi-Scali	1900	Roma	IT
Giovanni Scali	1932	San Miniato
Francesco Scali	1958	Roma	IT
Massimo Scali	1979	Monterotondo	EN IT

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 scali

1 US arrivals

Scalia

97 US arrivals

Scalio

3 US arrivals

Scalli

3 US arrivals

Scalise

347 US arrivals

Scalici

90 US arrivals

Scalisi

75 US arrivals

Scalice

8 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 Scali.

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