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Cortese

The strongest concentration of Cortese in US arrival records points to Calabria, with 135 of 471 arrivals (29 percent) originating there.

471

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

146

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 471

Top regione

Calabria

135 of 471
29 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 4

4 to 14

14 to 41

41+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

16 regioni represented

Calabria13529%
Sicilia11124%
Campania8819%
Puglia306%
Basilicata306%
Marche163%
Lazio153%
Piemonte153%
Abruzzo92%
Toscana61%
Molise51%
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol41%
Lombardia31%
Veneto20%
Umbria10%
Emilia-Romagna10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Giovinazzo
24
Provincia BA
Napoli
17
Provincia NA
Caltabellotta
17
Provincia AG
Maddaloni
15
Provincia CE
Chiaravalle
15
Provincia AN
Lipari
15
Provincia ME
Cassino
14
Provincia FR
Acquaformosa
14
Provincia CS
Marsicovetere
14
Provincia PZ
San Fratello
13
Provincia ME
Lungro
12
Provincia CS
San Giovanni in Fiore
11
Provincia CS
Trabia
11
Provincia PA
Caserta
11
Provincia CE
Catanzaro
11
Provincia CZ

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Giovinazzo	BA	24
Napoli	NA	17
Caltabellotta	AG	17
Maddaloni	CE	15
Chiaravalle	AN	15
Lipari	ME	15
Cassino	FR	14
Acquaformosa	CS	14
Marsicovetere	PZ	14
San Fratello	ME	13
Lungro	CS	12
San Giovanni in Fiore	CS	11
Trabia	PA	11
Caserta	CE	11
Catanzaro	CZ	11

Persone notevoli

Notable Cortese on Wikipedia

Alessandro Cortese
IT
1460 · San Gimignano
Gregorio Cortese
EN IT
1483 · Modena
Ersilia Cortese
1529 · Roma
Giulio Cesare Cortese
EN IT
1570 · Napoli
Francesco Cortese
IT
1802 · Treviso
Paolo Cortese
EN IT
1827 · Napoli
Federigo Cortese
1829 · Napoli
Filippo Cortese
IT
1838 · Giovinazzo
Eduardo Cortese
1856 · Napoli
Giacomo Cortese
1859 · Savona
Giuseppe Cortese (senatore)
IT
1884 · Sant'Angelo Lodigiano
Carmine Cortese
1887 · Tropea
Nino Cortese
IT
1896 · Perugia
Edgardo Cortese
IT
1897 · Napoli
Luigi Cortese
IT
1899 · Genova

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Alessandro Cortese	1460	San Gimignano	IT
Gregorio Cortese	1483	Modena	EN IT
Ersilia Cortese	1529	Roma
Giulio Cesare Cortese	1570	Napoli	EN IT
Francesco Cortese	1802	Treviso	IT
Paolo Cortese	1827	Napoli	EN IT
Federigo Cortese	1829	Napoli
Filippo Cortese	1838	Giovinazzo	IT
Eduardo Cortese	1856	Napoli
Giacomo Cortese	1859	Savona
Giuseppe Cortese (senatore)	1884	Sant'Angelo Lodigiano	IT
Carmine Cortese	1887	Tropea
Nino Cortese	1896	Perugia	IT
Edgardo Cortese	1897	Napoli	IT
Luigi Cortese	1899	Genova	IT

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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Cortes

1 US arrivals

Cortesi

31 US arrivals

Cortesa

2 US arrivals

Corte

44 US arrivals

Cortesio

3 US arrivals

Corctese

1 US arrivals

Cortesini

5 US arrivals

Ortese

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 Cortese.

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