Cognome

Valente

The strongest concentration of Valente in US arrival records points to Campania, with 187 of 631 arrivals (30 percent) originating there.

631

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

250

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 631

Top regione

Campania

187 of 631
30 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 6

6 to 19

19 to 56

56+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

16 regioni represented

Campania18730%
Calabria11919%
Molise7011%
Lazio579%
Abruzzo518%
Sicilia488%
Puglia345%
Basilicata183%
Veneto152%
Liguria71%
Piemonte61%
Lombardia51%
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol51%
Umbria51%
Toscana20%
Emilia-Romagna20%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

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

Cervinara
37
Provincia AV
Carpinone
27
Provincia IS
Caserta
17
Provincia CE
Serra San Bruno
17
Provincia VV
Napoli
12
Provincia NA
Padula
10
Provincia SA
Strongoli
10
Provincia KR
Naso
9
Provincia ME
Muro Lucano
9
Provincia PZ
Cusano Mutri
9
Provincia BN
Villa Latina
9
Provincia FR
Cosenza
9
Provincia CS
Brognaturo
9
Provincia VV
Mondragone
8
Provincia CE
Colle Sannita
8
Provincia BN

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Cervinara	AV	37
Carpinone	IS	27
Caserta	CE	17
Serra San Bruno	VV	17
Napoli	NA	12
Padula	SA	10
Strongoli	KR	10
Naso	ME	9
Muro Lucano	PZ	9
Cusano Mutri	BN	9
Villa Latina	FR	9
Cosenza	CS	9
Brognaturo	VV	9
Mondragone	CE	8
Colle Sannita	BN	8

Persone notevoli

Notable Valente on Wikipedia

Giovanni da Valente
EN IT
1280 · Genova
Pietro Valente
IT
1796 · Napoli
Giovanni Valente
1825 · Napoli
Vincenzo Valente
1830 · Molfetta
Vincenzo Valente
EN IT
1855 · Corigliano Calabro
Gaetano Valente
1856 · Molfetta
Giambattista Valente
1872 · Cicagna
Nicola Valente
IT
1880 · Napoli
Concetto Valente
1881 · Pisticci
Augusto Valente
1885 · Roma
Alessandro Valente
1890 · Diano Marina
Antonio Valente
IT
1894 · Sora
Michael Valente
EN IT
1895 · Cassino
Frank Valente
EN IT
1898 · Padula
Alfredo Valente
EN
1899 · Rovito

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Giovanni da Valente	1280	Genova	EN IT
Pietro Valente	1796	Napoli	IT
Giovanni Valente	1825	Napoli
Vincenzo Valente	1830	Molfetta
Vincenzo Valente	1855	Corigliano Calabro	EN IT
Gaetano Valente	1856	Molfetta
Giambattista Valente	1872	Cicagna
Nicola Valente	1880	Napoli	IT
Concetto Valente	1881	Pisticci
Augusto Valente	1885	Roma
Alessandro Valente	1890	Diano Marina
Antonio Valente	1894	Sora	IT
Michael Valente	1895	Cassino	EN IT
Frank Valente	1898	Padula	EN IT
Alfredo Valente	1899	Rovito	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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Lo valente

1 US arrivals

Valent

3 US arrivals

Valenti

550 US arrivals

Valento

12 US arrivals

Valenta

3 US arrivals

Valentt

1 US arrivals

Valentia

5 US arrivals

Valentin

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 Valente.

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