Cognome

Trapani

The strongest concentration of Trapani in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 184 of 276 arrivals (67 percent) originating there.

276

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 276

Top regione

Sicilia

184 of 276
67 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 6

6 to 18

18 to 55

55+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

12 regioni represented

Sicilia18467%
Campania4416%
Piemonte166%
Calabria124%
Lazio93%
Abruzzo31%
Emilia-Romagna21%
Puglia21%
Basilicata10%
Lombardia10%
Toscana10%
Veneto10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Palermo
46
Provincia PA
Caltabellotta
33
Provincia AG
Piano di Sorrento
13
Provincia NA
Sciacca
11
Provincia AG
Meta
11
Provincia NA
Ciminna
10
Provincia PA
Petralia Sottana
9
Provincia PA
Trabia
9
Provincia PA
Napoli
9
Provincia NA
Vallecorsa
7
Provincia FR
Petralia Soprana
7
Provincia PA
Alessandria
7
Provincia AL
Sambuco
6
Provincia CN
Messina
6
Provincia ME
Ribera
5
Provincia AG

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Palermo	PA	46
Caltabellotta	AG	33
Piano di Sorrento	NA	13
Sciacca	AG	11
Meta	NA	11
Ciminna	PA	10
Petralia Sottana	PA	9
Trabia	PA	9
Napoli	NA	9
Vallecorsa	FR	7
Petralia Soprana	PA	7
Alessandria	AL	7
Sambuco	CN	6
Messina	ME	6
Ribera	AG	5

Persone notevoli

Notable Trapani on Wikipedia

Luca Trapani
EN
1664 · Napoli
Costantino Trapani
IT
1912 · Alimena
Enzo Trapani
EN IT
1922 · Roma
Salvatore Trapani
IT
1933 · Trapani
Mario Trapani
1952 · Roma
Francesco Trapani
EN
1957 · Roma
Eleonora Trapani
1982 · Spoleto
Stefano Trapani
1993 · Termini Imerese
Giulia Trapani
IT
1994 · Torino

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Luca Trapani	1664	Napoli	EN
Costantino Trapani	1912	Alimena	IT
Enzo Trapani	1922	Roma	EN IT
Salvatore Trapani	1933	Trapani	IT
Mario Trapani	1952	Roma
Francesco Trapani	1957	Roma	EN
Eleonora Trapani	1982	Spoleto
Stefano Trapani	1993	Termini Imerese
Giulia Trapani	1994	Torino	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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Di trapani

16 US arrivals

Di'trapani

3 US arrivals

De trapani

2 US arrivals

Trapaiani

1 US arrivals

Trapano

16 US arrivals

Trani

59 US arrivals

Terapani

2 US arrivals

Trapiani

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 Trapani.

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