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Albani

The strongest concentration of Albani in US arrival records points to Campania, with 12 of 33 arrivals (36 percent) originating there.

33

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

21

Comuni of
origin

7

Regioni
represented

36

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 33
Abruzzo: 5 arrivalsPuglia: 1 arrivalsBasilicata: 3 arrivalsCampania: 12 arrivalsLazio: 3 arrivalsSicilia: 6 arrivalsToscana: 3 arrivals

Top regione

Campania

12 of 33
36 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 0
0 to 1
1 to 4
4+

Cittadinanza per discendenza

Could your Albani line qualify for Italian citizenship?

The largest share of Albani arrivals came from Campania, most often from the provincia of Salerno. 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 Albani from Campania

Most often from Salerno (SA)

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Persone notevoli

Notable Albani on Wikipedia

  • Francesco Albani

    IT

    1473 · Bergamo

  • Giovanni Gerolamo Albani

    ENIT

    1509 · Bergamo

  • Orazio Albani

    IT

    1576 · Urbino

  • Francesco Albani

    ENIT

    1578 · Bologna

  • papa Clemente XI

    ENIT

    1649 · Urbino

  • Annibale Albani

    ENIT

    1682 · Urbino

  • Carlo Albani, I principe di Soriano nel Cimino

    IT

    1687 · Urbino

  • Alessandro Albani

    ENIT

    1692 · Urbino

  • Nicola Albani

    IT

    1701 · Melfi

  • Laura Chigi Albani della Rovere

    1707 · Roma

  • Giovanni Francesco Albani

    ENIT

    1720 · Roma

  • Giuseppe Albani

    ENIT

    1750 · Roma

  • Agostino Chigi Albani della Rovere

    IT

    1771 · Roma

  • Sigismondo Chigi Albani della Rovere, VI principe di Farnese

    IT

    1798 · Roma

  • Venceslao Albani

    IT

    1801 · Bergamo

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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D albani

1 US arrivals

Albanio

3 US arrivals

Albania

2 US arrivals

Albanni

1 US arrivals

Albanise

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 Albani.

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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