Cognome

Capuano

The strongest concentration of Capuano in US arrival records points to Campania, with 143 of 282 arrivals (51 percent) originating there.

282

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

112

Comuni of
origin

11

Regioni
represented

17

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 282
Abruzzo: 6 arrivalsPuglia: 25 arrivalsBasilicata: 4 arrivalsCalabria: 16 arrivalsCampania: 143 arrivalsLazio: 33 arrivalsLiguria: 1 arrivalsLombardia: 4 arrivalsMarche: 3 arrivalsMolise: 6 arrivalsSicilia: 41 arrivals

Top regione

Campania

143 of 282
51 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 4
4 to 14
14 to 43
43+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

11 regioni represented

  • Campania14351%
  • Sicilia4115%
  • Lazio3312%
  • Puglia259%
  • Calabria166%
  • Molise62%
  • Abruzzo62%
  • Basilicata41%
  • Lombardia41%
  • Marche31%
  • Liguria10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Capuano 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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Di capuano

1 US arrivals

Cappuano

1 US arrivals

Capuanno

1 US arrivals

Capuani

19 US arrivals

Capuana

18 US arrivals

Capuane

1 US arrivals

Capua

69 US arrivals

Capurano

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 Capuano.

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