Cognome

Cattani

The strongest concentration of Cattani in US arrival records points to Emilia-Romagna, with 6 of 17 arrivals (35 percent) originating there.

17

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

13

Comuni of
origin

8

Regioni
represented

19

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 17
Abruzzo: 1 arrivalsPuglia: 1 arrivalsCampania: 2 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 6 arrivalsLazio: 3 arrivalsSicilia: 1 arrivalsUmbria: 2 arrivalsVeneto: 1 arrivals

Top regione

Emilia-Romagna

6 of 17
35 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
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Cittadinanza per discendenza

Could your Cattani line qualify for Italian citizenship?

The largest share of Cattani arrivals came from Emilia-Romagna, most often from the provincia of Rimini. 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 Cattani from Emilia-Romagna

Most often from Rimini (RN)

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Persone notevoli

Notable Cattani on Wikipedia

  • Francesco Costanzo Cattaneo

    ENIT

    1602 · Ferrara

  • Lorenzo Cattani

    1650 · provincia di Massa-Carrara

  • Giacomo Cattani

    ENIT

    1823 · Brisighella

  • Federico Cattani Amadori

    ENIT

    1856 · Marradi

  • Giuseppina Cattani

    ENIT

    1859 · Imola

  • Attilio Cattani

    IT

    1900 · Sanremo

  • Leone Cattani

    ENIT

    1906 · Rieti

  • Amedeo Cattani

    IT

    1924 · Parma

  • Venerio Cattani

    IT

    1927 · Reggio Emilia

  • Giordano Cattani

    IT

    1939 · La Spezia

  • Adelino Cattani

    1949 · Italia

  • Giorgio Cattani

    1949 · Ferrara

  • Maurizio Cattani

    1959 · Parma

  • Bruno Cattani

    1964 · Reggio Emilia

  • Fabrizio Cattani

    IT

    1967 · Colonnata

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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Cattanio

2 US arrivals

Catani

24 US arrivals

Cattalani

1 US arrivals

Cattano

29 US arrivals

Cattana

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 Cattani.

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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