Cognome

Cerulli

The strongest concentration of Cerulli in US arrival records points to Abruzzo, with 14 of 52 arrivals (27 percent) originating there.

52

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

32

Comuni of
origin

11

Regioni
represented

12

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 52
Abruzzo: 14 arrivalsPuglia: 3 arrivalsBasilicata: 6 arrivalsCalabria: 3 arrivalsCampania: 11 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 2 arrivalsFriuli-Venezia Giulia: 1 arrivalsLazio: 1 arrivalsMolise: 9 arrivalsSicilia: 1 arrivalsUmbria: 1 arrivals

Top regione

Abruzzo

14 of 52
27 percent of arrivals

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Cittadinanza per discendenza

Could your Cerulli line qualify for Italian citizenship?

The largest share of Cerulli arrivals came from Abruzzo, most often from the provincia of Chieti. 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 Cerulli from Abruzzo

Most often from Chieti (CH)

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Persone notevoli

Notable Cerulli on Wikipedia

  • Emidio Cerulli

    IT

    1850 · Teramo

  • Vincenzo Cerulli

    ENIT

    1859 · Teramo

  • Enrico Cerulli

    ENIT

    1898 · Napoli

  • Giuseppe Cerulli Irelli

    IT

    1905 · Teramo

  • Emidio Cerulli

    1912 · Giulianova

  • Fernando Cerulli

    IT

    1926 · Roma

  • Giuseppina Cerulli Irelli

    1935 · Roma

  • Vincenzo Cerulli Irelli

    IT

    1947 · Roma

  • Serafino Cerulli Irelli

    1949 · Roma

  • Arturo Cerulli

    1954 · Porto Santo Stefano

  • Giovanni Cerulli Irelli

    1981 · Roma

  • Pyrex

    ENIT

    1994 · 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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Cerullo

170 US arrivals

Cerulla

2 US arrivals

Cernulli

2 US arrivals

Ceruelli

1 US arrivals

Cerzulli

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 Cerulli.

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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