Cognome

Brigante

The strongest concentration of Brigante in US arrival records points to Campania, with 50 of 102 arrivals (49 percent) originating there.

102

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 102

Top regione

Campania

50 of 102
49 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 2

2 to 5

5 to 15

15+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

12 regioni represented

Campania5049%
Sicilia1717%
Calabria1313%
Lombardia44%
Puglia44%
Abruzzo44%
Molise33%
Basilicata33%
Veneto11%
Lazio11%
Liguria11%
Piemonte11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Padula
40
Provincia SA
Scilla
8
Provincia RC
Corleone
4
Provincia PA
Reggio di Calabria
3
Provincia RC
Isernia
3
Provincia IS
Marineo
3
Provincia PA
Casazza
3
Provincia BG
Napoli
3
Provincia NA
Cerda
2
Provincia PA
Milazzo
2
Provincia ME
Polla
2
Provincia SA
Montescaglioso
2
Provincia MT
Taranto
1
Provincia TA
L'Aquila
1
Provincia AQ
Leporano
1
Provincia TA

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Padula	SA	40
Scilla	RC	8
Corleone	PA	4
Reggio di Calabria	RC	3
Isernia	IS	3
Marineo	PA	3
Casazza	BG	3
Napoli	NA	3
Cerda	PA	2
Milazzo	ME	2
Polla	SA	2
Montescaglioso	MT	2
Taranto	TA	1
L'Aquila	AQ	1
Leporano	TA	1

Persone notevoli

Notable Brigante on Wikipedia

Gustavo Brigante Colonna Angelini
1878 · Fano
Max Brigante
IT
1975 · Milano

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Gustavo Brigante Colonna Angelini	1878	Fano
Max Brigante	1975	Milano	IT

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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Briganti

78 US arrivals

Brignante

1 US arrivals

Sbrigante

1 US arrivals

Briante

9 US arrivals

Brigano

7 US arrivals

Brigani

4 US arrivals

Rigante

1 US arrivals

Brigliante

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 Brigante.

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