Cognome

Caporale

The strongest concentration of Caporale in US arrival records points to Campania, with 70 of 155 arrivals (45 percent) originating there.

155

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

54

Comuni of
origin

11

Regioni
represented

12

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 155
Abruzzo: 33 arrivalsPuglia: 1 arrivalsBasilicata: 6 arrivalsCalabria: 29 arrivalsCampania: 70 arrivalsLazio: 1 arrivalsLombardia: 1 arrivalsMolise: 5 arrivalsPiemonte: 2 arrivalsSicilia: 6 arrivalsUmbria: 1 arrivals

Top regione

Campania

70 of 155
45 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 2
2 to 7
7 to 21
21+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

11 regioni represented

  • Campania7045%
  • Abruzzo3321%
  • Calabria2919%
  • Basilicata64%
  • Sicilia64%
  • Molise53%
  • Piemonte21%
  • Lazio11%
  • Lombardia11%
  • Puglia11%
  • Umbria11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Caporale on Wikipedia

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.

Read guide

Caporali

16 US arrivals

Caporala

1 US arrivals

Caporaletti

13 US arrivals

Caporalelli

1 US arrivals

Caporaletto

1 US arrivals

Capora

2 US arrivals

Caporeale

12 US arrivals

Caporalli

2 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 Caporale.

Italian citizenship by descent

You may have a claim to Italian citizenship

Italy grants citizenship to many descendants of its emigrants, but the law is narrowing who qualifies. Leave your email, and we will tell you when the rules change.