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Cioccolani

The strongest concentration of Cioccolani in US arrival records points to Puglia, with 1 of 2 arrivals (50 percent) originating there.

2

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

2

Comuni of
origin

2

Regioni
represented

6

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 2
Abruzzo: 1 arrivalsPuglia: 1 arrivals

Top regione

Puglia

1 of 2
50 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
1
2
3 to 5
6+

Cittadinanza per discendenza

Could your Cioccolani line qualify for Italian citizenship?

The largest share of Cioccolani arrivals came from Puglia, most often from the provincia of Foggia. 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 Cioccolani from Puglia

Most often from Foggia (FG)

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Persone notevoli

Notable Cioccolani on Wikipedia

  • Francesco Cioccolani

    1783 · Cingoli

  • Giuseppe Cioccolani

    1811 · Cingoli

  • Pietro Cioccolani

    1813 · Cingoli

  • Odoardo Cioccolani

    1825 · Cingoli

  • Alceste Cioccolani

    1854 · Cingoli

  • Atalo Cioccolani

    1884 · Cingoli

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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Cioccolano

1 US arrivals

Cioccola

1 US arrivals

Cioccolini

2 US arrivals

Cicolani

8 US arrivals

Cioccolo

3 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 Cioccolani.

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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