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Cappelli

The strongest concentration of Cappelli in US arrival records points to Campania, with 27 of 112 arrivals (24 percent) originating there.

112

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

65

Comuni of
origin

14

Regioni
represented

42

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 112
Abruzzo: 8 arrivalsPuglia: 6 arrivalsBasilicata: 4 arrivalsCalabria: 10 arrivalsCampania: 27 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 2 arrivalsLazio: 18 arrivalsLiguria: 1 arrivalsLombardia: 7 arrivalsMarche: 7 arrivalsMolise: 3 arrivalsPiemonte: 4 arrivalsSicilia: 6 arrivalsToscana: 9 arrivals

Top regione

Campania

27 of 112
24 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 1
1 to 3
3 to 8
8+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

14 regioni represented

  • Campania2724%
  • Lazio1816%
  • Calabria109%
  • Toscana98%
  • Abruzzo87%
  • Lombardia76%
  • Marche76%
  • Sicilia65%
  • Puglia65%
  • Piemonte44%
  • Basilicata44%
  • Molise33%
  • Emilia-Romagna22%
  • Liguria11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Cappelli 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.

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Capelli

60 US arrivals

Cappellini

33 US arrivals

Cappellino

29 US arrivals

Cappelliti

1 US arrivals

Capperelli

1 US arrivals

Cappello

150 US arrivals

Cappella

85 US arrivals

Cappelle

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 Cappelli.

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