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Scopelliti

The strongest concentration of Scopelliti in US arrival records points to Calabria, with 22 of 34 arrivals (65 percent) originating there.

34

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

17

Comuni of
origin

7

Regioni
represented

8

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 34
Basilicata: 1 arrivalsCalabria: 22 arrivalsCampania: 2 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 2 arrivalsLombardia: 1 arrivalsSicilia: 4 arrivalsToscana: 2 arrivals

Top regione

Calabria

22 of 34
65 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 1
1 to 2
2 to 7
7+

Cittadinanza per discendenza

Could your Scopelliti line qualify for Italian citizenship?

The largest share of Scopelliti arrivals came from Calabria, most often from the provincia of Reggio Calabria. 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 Scopelliti from Calabria

Most often from Reggio Calabria (RC)

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Persone notevoli

Notable Scopelliti on Wikipedia

  • Domenico Scopelliti

    IT

    1841 · Catona

  • Antoine Scopelliti

    EN

    1939 · Gallico

  • Francesca Scopelliti

    IT

    1951 · Nicotera

  • Giuseppe Scopelliti

    ENIT

    1966 · Reggio Calabria

  • Eleonora Scopelliti

    IT

    1980 · Roma

  • Noemi

    ENIT

    1982 · Roma

  • Rosanna Scopelliti

    IT

    1983 · Roma

  • Simone Scopelliti

    IT

    1994 · Reggio Calabria

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.

Read guide

Scopellitti

6 US arrivals

Scoppelliti

4 US arrivals

Scopeliti

2 US arrivals

Scopellito

7 US arrivals

Scopelli

2 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 Scopelliti.

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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