Cognome

Cafaro

The strongest concentration of Cafaro in US arrival records points to Campania, with 82 of 124 arrivals (66 percent) originating there.

124

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 124

Top regione

Campania

82 of 124
66 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 2

2 to 8

8 to 25

25+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

9 regioni represented

Campania8266%
Basilicata1815%
Puglia1310%
Calabria43%
Lazio32%
Molise11%
Sicilia11%
Lombardia11%
Veneto11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Caggiano
28
Provincia SA
Grumo Appula
10
Provincia BA
Bellona
9
Provincia CE
Pertosa
8
Provincia SA
Salvitelle
5
Provincia SA
Auletta
5
Provincia SA
Salerno
4
Provincia SA
Potenza
4
Provincia PZ
Pastorano
4
Provincia CE
Atena Lucana
3
Provincia SA
Colobraro
3
Provincia MT
Napoli
2
Provincia NA
Vietri di Potenza
2
Provincia PZ
Campagna
2
Provincia SA
Caserta
2
Provincia CE

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Caggiano	SA	28
Grumo Appula	BA	10
Bellona	CE	9
Pertosa	SA	8
Salvitelle	SA	5
Auletta	SA	5
Salerno	SA	4
Potenza	PZ	4
Pastorano	CE	4
Atena Lucana	SA	3
Colobraro	MT	3
Napoli	NA	2
Vietri di Potenza	PZ	2
Campagna	SA	2
Caserta	CE	2

Persone notevoli

Notable Cafaro on Wikipedia

Pasquale Cafaro
EN IT
1715 · Galatina
Antonio Cafaro
1845 · Adelfia
Pasquale Cafaro
1876 · Andria
José Cafaro
IT
1948 · Briatico
Emilio Cafaro
1952 · Lecce
Girolamo Cafaro
Salerno

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Pasquale Cafaro	1715	Galatina	EN IT
Antonio Cafaro	1845	Adelfia
Pasquale Cafaro	1876	Andria
José Cafaro	1948	Briatico	IT
Emilio Cafaro	1952	Lecce
Girolamo Cafaro		Salerno

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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Cafararo

3 US arrivals

Caffaro

22 US arrivals

Cafarro

1 US arrivals

Cafar

1 US arrivals

Cafarolo

1 US arrivals

Cafarona

1 US arrivals

Cafarosa

1 US arrivals

Cafari

11 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 Cafaro.

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