Cognome

Cosenza

The strongest concentration of Cosenza in US arrival records points to Campania, with 43 of 156 arrivals (28 percent) originating there.

156

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

64

Comuni of
origin

11

Regioni
represented

11

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 156
Abruzzo: 13 arrivalsPuglia: 13 arrivalsBasilicata: 2 arrivalsCalabria: 39 arrivalsCampania: 43 arrivalsLazio: 1 arrivalsLombardia: 1 arrivalsMarche: 1 arrivalsMolise: 2 arrivalsPiemonte: 1 arrivalsSicilia: 40 arrivals

Top regione

Campania

43 of 156
28 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 1
1 to 4
4 to 13
13+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

11 regioni represented

  • Campania4328%
  • Sicilia4026%
  • Calabria3925%
  • Puglia138%
  • Abruzzo138%
  • Molise21%
  • Basilicata21%
  • Marche11%
  • Piemonte11%
  • Lombardia11%
  • Lazio11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Cosenza on Wikipedia

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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La cosenza

1 US arrivals

Cosenzo

4 US arrivals

Cosenzia

2 US arrivals

Consenza

1 US arrivals

Coscenza

1 US arrivals

Costenza

1 US arrivals

Coscienza

1 US arrivals

Cosena

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 Cosenza.

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