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Cardinali

The strongest concentration of Cardinali in US arrival records points to Lazio, with 32 of 64 arrivals (50 percent) originating there.

64

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

26

Comuni of
origin

13

Regioni
represented

20

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 64
Abruzzo: 1 arrivalsBasilicata: 1 arrivalsCalabria: 2 arrivalsCampania: 2 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 11 arrivalsLazio: 32 arrivalsLiguria: 1 arrivalsLombardia: 1 arrivalsMarche: 7 arrivalsMolise: 1 arrivalsPiemonte: 1 arrivalsSicilia: 3 arrivalsUmbria: 1 arrivals

Top regione

Lazio

32 of 64
50 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 1
1 to 3
3 to 10
10+

Cittadinanza per discendenza

Could your Cardinali line qualify for Italian citizenship?

The largest share of Cardinali arrivals came from Lazio, most often from the provincia of Frosinone. 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 Cardinali from Lazio

Most often from Frosinone (FR)

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Persone notevoli

Notable Cardinali on Wikipedia

  • Francesco Cardinali

    1776 · Tarsogno

  • Luigi Cardinali

    1783 · Velletri

  • Luigi Cardinali

    1786 · Piacenza

  • Clemente Cardinali

    1789 · Velletri

  • Pericle Cardinali

    IT

    1877 · Roma

  • Giuseppe Cardinali

    IT

    1879 · Roma

  • Francesco Cardinali

    1920 · Porciano

  • Franco Cardinali

    IT

    1921 · Magione

  • Mario Cardinali

    IT

    1937 · Livorno

  • Nuccia Cardinali

    IT

    1938 · Potenza

  • Mario Cardinali

    1949 · Perugia

  • Vittorio G. Cardinali

    1961 · Torino

  • Marco Cardinali

    1962 · Roma

  • Valeria Cardinali

    IT

    1967 · Perugia

  • Marco Cardinali

    IT

    1968 · Roma

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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Cardinalli

1 US arrivals

Cardinal

1 US arrivals

Cardinale

358 US arrivals

Cardina

8 US arrivals

Cardeinali

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 Cardinali.

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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