Cognome
Foscari
The strongest concentration of Foscari in US arrival records points to Puglia, with 1 of 1 arrivals (100 percent) originating there.
1
US arrivals
1830 to 1912
1
Comuni of
origin
1
Regioni
represented
10
Notable on
Wikipedia
Top regione
Puglia
1 of 1
100 percent of arrivals
Cittadinanza per discendenza
Could your Foscari line qualify for Italian citizenship?
The largest share of Foscari 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 Foscari from Puglia
Most often from Foggia (FG)
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Persone notevoli
Notable Foscari on Wikipedia
1373 · Venezia
Paolo Foscari
EN1400 · Venezia
1417 · Venezia
1505 · Venezia
Pietro Foscari
IT1517 · Venezia
Alvise Foscari
IT1679 · Venezia
Piero Foscari
IT1865 · Venezia
Ludovico Foscari
1903 · Venezia
Adriano Foscari
IT1904 · Venezia
Giuseppe Foscari
1957 · Cava de' Tirreni
| Name | Born | Birthplace | Wiki |
|---|---|---|---|
| Francesco Foscari | 1373 | Venezia | ENIT |
| Paolo Foscari | 1400 | Venezia | EN |
| Pietro Foscari | 1417 | Venezia | ENIT |
| Girolamo Foscari | 1505 | Venezia | ENIT |
| Pietro Foscari | 1517 | Venezia | IT |
| Alvise Foscari | 1679 | Venezia | IT |
| Piero Foscari | 1865 | Venezia | IT |
| Ludovico Foscari | 1903 | Venezia | |
| Adriano Foscari | 1904 | Venezia | IT |
| Giuseppe Foscari | 1957 | Cava de' Tirreni |
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.
Variants are surfaced from the surname index, not from per-name research. None of these is guaranteed to be the same family as Foscari.
Origini per comune
Arrival records by comune
Each row is a comune (municipality) where at least one passenger named Foscari was recorded between 1830 and 1912.