Cognome

Bruzzese

The strongest concentration of Bruzzese in US arrival records points to Calabria, with 120 of 144 arrivals (83 percent) originating there.

144

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

34

Comuni of
origin

9

Regioni
represented

4

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 144
Abruzzo: 1 arrivalsPuglia: 1 arrivalsCalabria: 120 arrivalsCampania: 11 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 1 arrivalsLazio: 4 arrivalsMolise: 1 arrivalsSicilia: 2 arrivalsToscana: 3 arrivals

Top regione

Calabria

120 of 144
83 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 4
4 to 12
12 to 36
36+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

9 regioni represented

  • Calabria12083%
  • Campania118%
  • Lazio43%
  • Toscana32%
  • Sicilia21%
  • Emilia-Romagna11%
  • Abruzzo11%
  • Puglia11%
  • Molise11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Bruzzese on Wikipedia

  • Maria Antonia Amelia Bruzzese

    1864 · Velletri

  • Vincenzo Bruzzese

    IT

    1880 · Napoli

  • Riccardo Bruzzese

    1953 · Napoli

  • Luca Bruzzese

    1975 · 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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Bruzese

14 US arrivals

Bruzzesi

7 US arrivals

Bruzzeso

1 US arrivals

Abruzzese

52 US arrivals

Buzzese

1 US arrivals

Abbruzzese

93 US arrivals

Ambruzzese

1 US arrivals

Anbruzzese

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 Bruzzese.

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