Cognomi

Italian cognomi (surnames) are often deeply rooted in a specific regione, often to a single village. This directory shows cognomi recorded in US arrival records between 1830 and 1912, overlapping with the Grande Emigrazione, the period of mass Italian emigration.

Each entry shows the total US arrivals recorded under that cognome, and the regione where arrivals most frequently originated. Click a cognome to see the per-comune breakdown.