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Caridi

The strongest concentration of Caridi in US arrival records points to Calabria, with 57 of 84 arrivals (68 percent) originating there.

84

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

40

Comuni of
origin

10

Regioni
represented

6

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 84
Abruzzo: 3 arrivalsPuglia: 1 arrivalsCalabria: 57 arrivalsCampania: 8 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 1 arrivalsLazio: 3 arrivalsMolise: 3 arrivalsPiemonte: 1 arrivalsSicilia: 6 arrivalsToscana: 1 arrivals

Top regione

Calabria

57 of 84
68 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 2
2 to 6
6 to 17
17+

Cittadinanza per discendenza

Could your Caridi line qualify for Italian citizenship?

The largest share of Caridi arrivals came from Calabria, most often from the provincia of Reggio Calabria. 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 Caridi from Calabria

Most often from Reggio Calabria (RC)

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Persone notevoli

Notable Caridi on Wikipedia

  • Gianfranco Caridi

    1949 · Reggio Calabria

  • Paola Caridi

    IT

    1961 · Roma

  • Antonio Stefano Caridi

    1966 · Reggio Calabria

  • Antonio Stefano Caridi

    IT

    1969 · Reggio Calabria

  • Gaetano Caridi

    ENIT

    1980 · Mosorrofa

  • Linda Caridi

    ENIT

    1988 · Milano

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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Cariddi

10 US arrivals

Caridio

2 US arrivals

Carridi

1 US arrivals

Dell caridi

2 US arrivals

Carida

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 Caridi.

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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