Cognome

Tortorici

The strongest concentration of Tortorici in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 142 of 154 arrivals (92 percent) originating there.

154

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 154

Top regione

Sicilia

142 of 154
92 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 4

4 to 14

14 to 43

43+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

9 regioni represented

Sicilia14292%
Piemonte32%
Emilia-Romagna21%
Lazio21%
Campania11%
Liguria11%
Toscana11%
Basilicata11%
Calabria11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Ribera
22
Provincia AG
Sciacca
18
Provincia AG
Palermo
17
Provincia PA
Trabia
9
Provincia PA
Bisacquino
8
Provincia PA
Caltabellotta
7
Provincia AG
Capri Leone
6
Provincia ME
Campobello di Mazara
6
Provincia TP
Burgio
6
Provincia AG
Cerda
5
Provincia PA
Menfi
3
Provincia AG
Contessa Entellina
3
Provincia PA
Lucca Sicula
3
Provincia AG
Partinico
3
Provincia PA
Gibellina
2
Provincia TP

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Ribera	AG	22
Sciacca	AG	18
Palermo	PA	17
Trabia	PA	9
Bisacquino	PA	8
Caltabellotta	AG	7
Capri Leone	ME	6
Campobello di Mazara	TP	6
Burgio	AG	6
Cerda	PA	5
Menfi	AG	3
Contessa Entellina	PA	3
Lucca Sicula	AG	3
Partinico	PA	3
Gibellina	TP	2

Persone notevoli

Notable Tortorici on Wikipedia

Francesco Tortorici
1841 · Prizzi
Nicolò Tortorici
1870 · Partanna
Pietro Tortorici
IT
1891 · Trapani
Michele Tortorici
1947 · Trapani
Edoardo Tortorici
IT
1949 · Roma

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Francesco Tortorici	1841	Prizzi
Nicolò Tortorici	1870	Partanna
Pietro Tortorici	1891	Trapani	IT
Michele Tortorici	1947	Trapani
Edoardo Tortorici	1949	Roma	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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Tortoricci

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10 US arrivals

Tortorico

6 US arrivals

Tartorici

3 US arrivals

Tortarici

2 US arrivals

Turtorici

2 US arrivals

Cortorici

1 US arrivals

Fortorici

1 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 Tortorici.

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