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Altieri

The strongest concentration of Altieri in US arrival records points to Campania, with 160 of 409 arrivals (39 percent) originating there.

409

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

140

Comuni of
origin

16

Regioni
represented

33

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 409
Abruzzo: 24 arrivalsPuglia: 81 arrivalsBasilicata: 52 arrivalsCalabria: 13 arrivalsCampania: 160 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 1 arrivalsFriuli-Venezia Giulia: 1 arrivalsLazio: 25 arrivalsLombardia: 3 arrivalsMarche: 3 arrivalsMolise: 18 arrivalsPiemonte: 3 arrivalsSicilia: 19 arrivalsTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol: 4 arrivalsToscana: 1 arrivalsVeneto: 1 arrivals

Top regione

Campania

160 of 409
39 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 5
5 to 16
16 to 48
48+

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Could your Altieri line qualify for Italian citizenship?

The largest share of Altieri arrivals came from Campania, most often from the provincia of Caserta. 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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Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

16 regioni represented

  • Campania16039%
  • Puglia8120%
  • Basilicata5213%
  • Lazio256%
  • Abruzzo246%
  • Sicilia195%
  • Molise184%
  • Calabria133%
  • Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol41%
  • Lombardia31%
  • Piemonte31%
  • Marche31%
  • Toscana10%
  • Friuli-Venezia Giulia10%
  • Veneto10%
  • Emilia-Romagna10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Altieri on Wikipedia

  • Marco Antonio Altieri

    1450 · Roma

  • Giovanni Battista Altieri

    ENIT

    1589 · Roma

  • papa Clemente X

    ENIT

    1590 · Roma

  • Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni

    ENIT

    1623 · Roma

  • Gaspare Altieri, I principe di Oriolo

    IT

    1650 · Roma

  • Emilio Altieri, II principe di Oriolo

    IT

    1670 · Roma

  • Lorenzo Altieri

    IT

    1671 · Roma

  • Giovanni Battista Altieri

    IT

    1673 · Roma

  • Girolamo Antonio Altieri, III principe di Oriolo

    IT

    1673 · Roma

  • Maria Virginia Altieri

    1705 · Roma

  • Emilio Carlo Altieri, IV principe di Oriolo

    IT

    1723 · Roma

  • Vincenzo Maria Altieri

    ENIT

    1724 · Roma

  • Paolo Altieri

    1745 · Napoli

  • Paluzzo Altieri, V principe di Oriolo

    IT

    1760 · Roma

  • Clemente Altieri, VI principe di Oriolo

    IT

    1795 · Roma

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 altieri

2 US arrivals

Altiero

13 US arrivals

Altiere

5 US arrivals

Altie

1 US arrivals

Galtieri

17 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 Altieri.