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Versace

The strongest concentration of Versace in US arrival records points to Calabria, with 49 of 86 arrivals (57 percent) originating there.

86

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

42

Comuni of
origin

10

Regioni
represented

8

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 86
Abruzzo: 2 arrivalsBasilicata: 5 arrivalsCalabria: 49 arrivalsCampania: 3 arrivalsLazio: 4 arrivalsLombardia: 1 arrivalsMarche: 1 arrivalsMolise: 10 arrivalsSicilia: 10 arrivalsTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol: 1 arrivals

Top regione

Calabria

49 of 86
57 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 1
1 to 5
5 to 15
15+

Cittadinanza per discendenza

Could your Versace line qualify for Italian citizenship?

The largest share of Versace 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 Versace from Calabria

Most often from Reggio Calabria (RC)

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Persone notevoli

Notable Versace on Wikipedia

  • Paolo Versace

    1798 · Bagnara Calabra

  • Santo Versace

    ENIT

    1944 · Reggio Calabria

  • Gianni Versace

    ENIT

    1946 · Reggio Calabria

  • Donatella Versace

    ENIT

    1955 · Reggio Calabria

  • Alfredo Versace

    ENIT

    1969 · Torino

  • Massimiliano Versace

    EN

    1972 · Italia

  • Giusy Versace

    ENIT

    1977 · Reggio Calabria

  • Allegra Versace

    ENIT

    1986 · Milano

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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Versaci

57 US arrivals

Versaco

2 US arrivals

Versa

3 US arrivals

Verace

3 US arrivals

Vesace

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 Versace.

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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