Cognome
Sangiovanni
The strongest concentration of Sangiovanni in US arrival records points to Campania, with 62 of 96 arrivals (65 percent) originating there.
96
US arrivals
1830 to 1912
38
Comuni of
origin
11
Regioni
represented
3
Notable on
Wikipedia
Top regione
Campania
62 of 96
65 percent of arrivals
Cittadinanza per discendenza
Could your Sangiovanni line qualify for Italian citizenship?
The largest share of Sangiovanni arrivals came from Campania, most often from the provincia of Caserta. 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 Sangiovanni from Campania
Most often from Caserta (CE)
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Persone notevoli
Notable Sangiovanni 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.
Sangiovani
1 US arrivals
San giovanni
5 US arrivals
Santogiovanni
1 US arrivals
Sangiova
3 US arrivals
Bangiovanni
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 Sangiovanni.
Origini per comune
Arrival records by comune
Each row is a comune (municipality) where at least one passenger named Sangiovanni was recorded between 1830 and 1912.