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Selafani

The strongest concentration of Selafani in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 154 of 159 arrivals (97 percent) originating there.

159

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

18

Comuni of
origin

4

Regioni
represented

0

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 159
Campania: 3 arrivalsLiguria: 1 arrivalsPiemonte: 1 arrivalsSicilia: 154 arrivals

Top regione

Sicilia

154 of 159
97 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 5
5 to 15
15 to 46
46+

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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Di selafani

5 US arrivals

De selafani

1 US arrivals

Selafane

2 US arrivals

Slafani

3 US arrivals

Diselafani

4 US arrivals

Sclafani

118 US arrivals

Selofani

4 US arrivals

Serafani

4 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 Selafani.

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

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