Cognome

Gentile

The strongest concentration of Gentile in US arrival records points to Campania, with 325 of 1,496 arrivals (22 percent) originating there.

1,496

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

451

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 1,496

Top regione

Campania

325 of 1,496
22 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 10

10 to 33

33 to 98

98+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

18 regioni represented

Campania32522%
Abruzzo30420%
Calabria23115%
Sicilia22215%
Molise14510%
Puglia1087%
Basilicata534%
Lazio372%
Marche161%
Piemonte131%
Lombardia111%
Toscana101%
Umbria91%
Emilia-Romagna50%
Veneto30%
Liguria20%
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol10%
Friuli-Venezia Giulia10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Pescasseroli
35
Provincia AQ
Napoli
35
Provincia NA
Palermo
30
Provincia PA
Isernia
30
Provincia IS
Frosolone
24
Provincia IS
Carlopoli
23
Provincia CZ
Bomba
23
Provincia CH
Sulmona
22
Provincia AQ
Caserta
21
Provincia CE
Messina
20
Provincia ME
Agerola
19
Provincia NA
Chieti
16
Provincia CH
Longano
16
Provincia IS
Panettieri
16
Provincia CS
San Fratello
15
Provincia ME

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Pescasseroli	AQ	35
Napoli	NA	35
Palermo	PA	30
Isernia	IS	30
Frosolone	IS	24
Carlopoli	CZ	23
Bomba	CH	23
Sulmona	AQ	22
Caserta	CE	21
Messina	ME	20
Agerola	NA	19
Chieti	CH	16
Longano	IS	16
Panettieri	CS	16
San Fratello	ME	15

Persone notevoli

Notable Gentile on Wikipedia

Benedetto Gentile Pevere
EN IT
1490 · Genova
Ottavio Gentile Oderico
EN IT
1499 · Genova
Giovanni Battista Gentile Pignolo
EN IT
1525 · Genova
Deodato Gentile
EN IT
1555 · Genova
Pietro Girolamo Gentile Riccio
1563 · Savona
Giovanni Gentile
EN IT
1600 · Olevano Romano
Cesare Gentile
EN IT
1614 · Genova
Adamo Gentile
EN
1615 · Caserta
Giulio Vincenzo Gentile
EN
1620 · Genova
Giovanni Battista Gentile
EN
1658 · Genova
Carmine Gentili
EN IT
1678 · Castelli
Filippo Gentile
IT
1692 · Biccari
Marco Antonio Gentile
EN IT
1723 · Genova
Domenico Maria Gentile
1732 · Genova
Antonino Gentile
IT
1790 · Palermo

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Benedetto Gentile Pevere	1490	Genova	EN IT
Ottavio Gentile Oderico	1499	Genova	EN IT
Giovanni Battista Gentile Pignolo	1525	Genova	EN IT
Deodato Gentile	1555	Genova	EN IT
Pietro Girolamo Gentile Riccio	1563	Savona
Giovanni Gentile	1600	Olevano Romano	EN IT
Cesare Gentile	1614	Genova	EN IT
Adamo Gentile	1615	Caserta	EN
Giulio Vincenzo Gentile	1620	Genova	EN
Giovanni Battista Gentile	1658	Genova	EN
Carmine Gentili	1678	Castelli	EN IT
Filippo Gentile	1692	Biccari	IT
Marco Antonio Gentile	1723	Genova	EN IT
Domenico Maria Gentile	1732	Genova
Antonino Gentile	1790	Palermo	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 gentile

1 US arrivals

Gentille

1 US arrivals

Gentili

80 US arrivals

Gentilo

5 US arrivals

Gentila

4 US arrivals

Gentilella

8 US arrivals

Gentilezza

7 US arrivals

Gentilesca

5 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 Gentile.

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