Cognome

Gaetano

The strongest concentration of Gaetano in US arrival records points to Campania, with 63 of 162 arrivals (39 percent) originating there.

162

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 162

Top regione

Campania

63 of 162
39 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 2

2 to 6

6 to 19

19+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

15 regioni represented

Campania6339%
Sicilia2918%
Calabria2415%
Basilicata127%
Abruzzo74%
Lazio64%
Molise64%
Puglia42%
Emilia-Romagna21%
Veneto21%
Lombardia21%
Piemonte21%
Toscana11%
Liguria11%
Marche11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Gioia Sannitica
15
Provincia CE
Pisciotta
11
Provincia SA
Alia
5
Provincia PA
Palermo
5
Provincia PA
Napoli
4
Provincia NA
Craco
4
Provincia MT
Reggio di Calabria
4
Provincia RC
Spilinga
4
Provincia VV
Alife
3
Provincia CE
Gioiosa Ionica
3
Provincia RC
San Roberto
3
Provincia RC
Tricarico
3
Provincia MT
Potenza
3
Provincia PZ
Palma Campania
3
Provincia NA
Cimitile
3
Provincia NA

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Gioia Sannitica	CE	15
Pisciotta	SA	11
Alia	PA	5
Palermo	PA	5
Napoli	NA	4
Craco	MT	4
Reggio di Calabria	RC	4
Spilinga	VV	4
Alife	CE	3
Gioiosa Ionica	RC	3
San Roberto	RC	3
Tricarico	MT	3
Potenza	PZ	3
Palma Campania	NA	3
Cimitile	NA	3

Persone notevoli

Notable Gaetano on Wikipedia

Costantino Caetani
EN IT
1568 · Siracusa
Rino Gaetano
EN IT
1950 · Crotone
Raffaele Gaetano
IT
1964 · Lamezia Terme

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Costantino Caetani	1568	Siracusa	EN IT
Rino Gaetano	1950	Crotone	EN IT
Raffaele Gaetano	1964	Lamezia Terme	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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D gaetano

2 US arrivals

Di gaetano

82 US arrivals

De gaetano

45 US arrivals

Da gaetano

1 US arrivals

Gaetani

27 US arrivals

Gaetana

3 US arrivals

Gaeta

233 US arrivals

Digaetano

24 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 Gaetano.

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