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Besignano
The strongest concentration of Besignano in US arrival records points to Calabria, with 1 of 3 arrivals (33 percent) originating there.
3
US arrivals
1830 to 1912
3
Comuni of
origin
3
Regioni
represented
0
Notable on
Wikipedia
Top regione
Calabria
1 of 3
33 percent of arrivals
Cittadinanza per discendenza
Could your Besignano line qualify for Italian citizenship?
The largest share of Besignano arrivals came from Calabria, most often from the provincia of Cosenza. 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.
The checker goes back through your line one generation at a time. It is not legal advice, and it does not search for records.
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A Besignano from Calabria
Most often from Cosenza (CS)
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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.
Bisignano
72 US arrivals
Bosignano
1 US arrivals
Bignano
2 US arrivals
Bettignano
1 US arrivals
Brignano
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 Besignano.
Origini per comune
Arrival records by comune
Each row is a comune (municipality) where at least one passenger named Besignano was recorded between 1830 and 1912.