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Casanova

The strongest concentration of Casanova in US arrival records points to Abruzzo, with 7 of 28 arrivals (25 percent) originating there.

28

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

22

Comuni of
origin

10

Regioni
represented

23

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 28
Abruzzo: 7 arrivalsPuglia: 2 arrivalsCalabria: 4 arrivalsCampania: 4 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 1 arrivalsLazio: 1 arrivalsLiguria: 1 arrivalsMolise: 1 arrivalsPiemonte: 4 arrivalsSicilia: 3 arrivals

Top regione

Abruzzo

7 of 28
25 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
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1
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Could your Casanova line qualify for Italian citizenship?

The largest share of Casanova arrivals came from Abruzzo, most often from the provincia of L'Aquila. 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 Casanova from Abruzzo

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Persone notevoli

Notable Casanova on Wikipedia

  • Agostino da Casanova

    IT

    1450 · Liguria

  • San Leonardo da Porto Maurizio

    ENIT

    1676 · Porto Maurizio

  • Giulia Balli Casanova

    1677 · Bologna

  • Gaetano Casanova

    ENIT

    1697 · Parma

  • Giacomo Casanova

    ENIT

    1725 · Venezia

  • Giovanni Battista Casanova

    ENIT

    1730 · Venezia

  • Ludovico Casanova

    1799 · Genova

  • Francesco Casanova

    1841 · Genova

  • Achille Casanova

    IT

    1861 · Minerbio

  • Eugenio Casanova

    IT

    1867 · Torino

  • Carlo Casanova

    IT

    1871 · Crema

  • Giulio Casanova

    IT

    1875 · Minerbio

  • Claudio Casanova

    ENIT

    1895 · Cornigliano

  • Marcello Casanova

    EN

    1901 · Genova

  • Ottorino Casanova

    IT

    1906 · Guastalla

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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Cassanova

1 US arrivals

Casano

63 US arrivals

Canova

37 US arrivals

Castranova

2 US arrivals

Casalinova

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 Casanova.

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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