Cognome

Esposito

The strongest concentration of Esposito in US arrival records points to Campania, with 2,237 of 3,333 arrivals (67 percent) originating there.

3,333

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

626

Comuni of
origin

19

Regioni
represented

110

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 3,333
Abruzzo: 116 arrivalsPuglia: 59 arrivalsBasilicata: 69 arrivalsCalabria: 335 arrivalsCampania: 2,237 arrivalsEmilia-Romagna: 3 arrivalsFriuli-Venezia Giulia: 1 arrivalsLazio: 75 arrivalsLiguria: 8 arrivalsLombardia: 20 arrivalsMarche: 19 arrivalsMolise: 62 arrivalsPiemonte: 20 arrivalsSardegna: 1 arrivalsSicilia: 280 arrivalsTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol: 14 arrivalsToscana: 8 arrivalsUmbria: 3 arrivalsVeneto: 3 arrivals

Top regione

Campania

2,237 of 3,333
67 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 67
67 to 224
224 to 671
671+

Cittadinanza per discendenza

Could your Esposito line qualify for Italian citizenship?

The largest share of Esposito arrivals came from Campania, most often from the provincia of Napoli. 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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Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

19 regioni represented

  • Campania2,23767%
  • Calabria33510%
  • Sicilia2808%
  • Abruzzo1163%
  • Lazio752%
  • Basilicata692%
  • Molise622%
  • Puglia592%
  • Lombardia201%
  • Piemonte201%
  • Marche191%
  • Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol140%
  • Liguria80%
  • Toscana80%
  • Emilia-Romagna30%
  • Veneto30%
  • Umbria30%
  • Sardegna10%
  • Friuli-Venezia Giulia10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Persone notevoli

Notable Esposito 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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D'esposito

20 US arrivals

D esposito

16 US arrivals

D' esposito

1 US arrivals

N esposito

1 US arrivals

Di esposito

4 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 Esposito.