Cognome

Scalisi

The strongest concentration of Scalisi in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 59 of 75 arrivals (79 percent) originating there.

75

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

31

Comuni of
origin

7

Regioni
represented

2

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 75
Abruzzo: 1 arrivalsCalabria: 10 arrivalsCampania: 2 arrivalsLazio: 1 arrivalsLiguria: 1 arrivalsPiemonte: 1 arrivalsSicilia: 59 arrivals

Top regione

Sicilia

59 of 75
79 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 2
2 to 6
6 to 18
18+

Persone notevoli

Notable Scalisi on Wikipedia

  • Vincenzo Scalisi

    1940 · Ucria

  • Lina Scalisi

    1958 · Adrano

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.

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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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Scalise

347 US arrivals

Scalisa

8 US arrivals

Scaliso

1 US arrivals

Scali

147 US arrivals

Scaglisi

1 US arrivals

Scalia

97 US arrivals

Calisi

19 US arrivals

Salisi

7 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 Scalisi.

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

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