Cognome

Franzese

The strongest concentration of Franzese in US arrival records points to Campania, with 80 of 108 arrivals (74 percent) originating there.

108

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 108

Top regione

Campania

80 of 108
74 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 2

2 to 8

8 to 24

24+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

8 regioni represented

Campania8074%
Calabria1413%
Sicilia33%
Molise33%
Puglia33%
Abruzzo22%
Lazio22%
Lombardia11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Saviano
15
Provincia NA
Ottaviano
13
Provincia NA
Palma Campania
12
Provincia NA
Nola
11
Provincia NA
Soriano Calabro
4
Provincia VV
Caserta
3
Provincia CE
Polla
3
Provincia SA
Roccarainola
3
Provincia NA
Chianche
3
Provincia AV
Partinico
2
Provincia PA
Acri
2
Provincia CS
Satriano
2
Provincia CZ
Sassano
2
Provincia SA
Castrovillari
2
Provincia CS
Carovilli
2
Provincia IS

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Saviano	NA	15
Ottaviano	NA	13
Palma Campania	NA	12
Nola	NA	11
Soriano Calabro	VV	4
Caserta	CE	3
Polla	SA	3
Roccarainola	NA	3
Chianche	AV	3
Partinico	PA	2
Acri	CS	2
Satriano	CZ	2
Sassano	SA	2
Castrovillari	CS	2
Carovilli	IS	2

Persone notevoli

Notable Franzese on Wikipedia

John Franzese
EN IT
1917 · Napoli
Francesco Franzese
IT
1964 · Brescia
Francesco Franzese
EN
1981 · Nola

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
John Franzese	1917	Napoli	EN IT
Francesco Franzese	1964	Brescia	IT
Francesco Franzese	1981	Nola	EN

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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Franzesa

1 US arrivals

Franzesi

1 US arrivals

Franze

32 US arrivals

Francese

61 US arrivals

Fransese

7 US arrivals

Franzise

6 US arrivals

Franz

3 US arrivals

Franzeni

2 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 Franzese.

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