Cognome
Canda
The strongest concentration of Canda in US arrival records points to Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, with 2 of 4 arrivals (50 percent) originating there.
4
US arrivals
1830 to 1912
3
Comuni of
origin
3
Regioni
represented
0
Notable on
Wikipedia
Top regione
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
2 of 4
50 percent of arrivals
Cittadinanza per discendenza
Could your Canda line qualify for Italian citizenship?
The largest share of Canda arrivals came from Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, most often from the provincia of Trento. 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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A Canda from Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Most often from Trento (TN)
Each generation between
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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.
De canda
1 US arrivals
Candida
31 US arrivals
Caranda
5 US arrivals
Candaro
4 US arrivals
Candari
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 Canda.
Origini per comune
Arrival records by comune
Each row is a comune (municipality) where at least one passenger named Canda was recorded between 1830 and 1912.