Cognome

Sicilia

The strongest concentration of Sicilia in US arrival records points to Calabria, with 86 of 112 arrivals (77 percent) originating there.

112

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 112

Top regione

Calabria

86 of 112
77 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 3

3 to 9

9 to 26

26+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

11 regioni represented

Calabria8677%
Sicilia87%
Campania65%
Basilicata44%
Abruzzo22%
Toscana11%
Veneto11%
Lazio11%
Lombardia11%
Molise11%
Liguria11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Rogliano
34
Provincia CS
Carolei
25
Provincia CS
Potenza
4
Provincia PZ
Parenti
4
Provincia CS
Napoli
3
Provincia NA
Roggiano Gravina
3
Provincia CS
Catanzaro
3
Provincia CZ
Scigliano
2
Provincia CS
Oriolo
2
Provincia CS
Giulianova
2
Provincia TE
Acri
1
Provincia CS
San Vincenzo
1
Provincia LI
Ragusa
1
Provincia RG
Salerno
1
Provincia SA
Messina
1
Provincia ME

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Rogliano	CS	34
Carolei	CS	25
Potenza	PZ	4
Parenti	CS	4
Napoli	NA	3
Roggiano Gravina	CS	3
Catanzaro	CZ	3
Scigliano	CS	2
Oriolo	CS	2
Giulianova	TE	2
Acri	CS	1
San Vincenzo	LI	1
Ragusa	RG	1
Salerno	SA	1
Messina	ME	1

Persone notevoli

Notable Sicilia on Wikipedia

Francesco Sicilia
1939 · Cosenza
Claudio Sicilia
IT
1948 · Giugliano in Campania

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Francesco Sicilia	1939	Cosenza
Claudio Sicilia	1948	Giugliano in Campania	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.

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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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Siciliano

357 US arrivals

Siciliani

25 US arrivals

Siciliana

5 US arrivals

Siciliato

3 US arrivals

Sicilio

1 US arrivals

Silia

2 US arrivals

Scicilia

1 US arrivals

Sicila

3 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 Sicilia.

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