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Cesarini

The strongest concentration of Cesarini in US arrival records points to Abruzzo, with 9 of 33 arrivals (27 percent) originating there.

33

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

20

Comuni of
origin

7

Regioni
represented

31

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 33
Abruzzo: 9 arrivalsBasilicata: 3 arrivalsCampania: 5 arrivalsLazio: 3 arrivalsMarche: 8 arrivalsMolise: 1 arrivalsUmbria: 4 arrivals

Top regione

Abruzzo

9 of 33
27 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
1
2
3 to 5
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Cittadinanza per discendenza

Could your Cesarini line qualify for Italian citizenship?

The largest share of Cesarini arrivals came from Abruzzo, most often from the provincia of Teramo. 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 Cesarini from Abruzzo

Most often from Teramo (TE)

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Persone notevoli

Notable Cesarini on Wikipedia

  • Beata Cecilia

    ENIT

    1203 · Roma

  • Giuliano Cesarini

    ENIT

    1398 · Roma

  • Giuliano Cesarini

    ENIT

    1466 · Roma

  • Alessandro Cesarini

    ENIT

    1485 · Roma

  • Giangiorgio Cesarini

    IT

    1549 · Roma

  • Giuliano Cesarini, I duca di Civitanova

    IT

    1572 · Roma

  • Giovan Giorgio II Cesarini, II duca di Civitanova

    IT

    1590 · Roma

  • Alessandro Cesarini

    ENIT

    1592 · Roma

  • Virginio Cesarini

    ENIT

    1595 · Roma

  • Pietro Cesarini

    IT

    1599 · Roma

  • Ferdinando Cesarini

    ENIT

    1606 · Roma

  • Giuliano Cesarini

    IT

    1618 · Civitanova Marche

  • Livia Cesarini

    IT

    1646 · Roma

  • Carlo Francesco Cesarini

    ENIT

    1666 · San Martino al Cimino

  • Gaetano II Sforza Cesarini, V principe di Genzano

    IT

    1728 · 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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Cesarino

2 US arrivals

Cesarina

1 US arrivals

Cesari

40 US arrivals

Cesario

112 US arrivals

Cesaria

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 Cesarini.

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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