Mango History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Mango family

The surname Mango was first found in at the foundations of Venice (Italian: Venezia), with the Minotto family.

Early History of the Mango family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Mango research. The years 1203, 1265, 1300, 1450, 1550, 1575, 1655, 1722, 1765, 1769, 1808, 1848, 1863, 1864, 1873, 1876, 1881 and 1886 are included under the topic Early Mango History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Mango Spelling Variations

Enormous variation in spelling and form characterizes those Italian names that originated in the medieval era. This is caused by two main factors: regional tradition, and inaccuracies in the recording process. Before the last few hundred years, scribes spelled names according to their sounds. Spelling variations were the unsurprising result. The variations of Mango include Menico, Menichi, Menech, Minico, Minichi, Menego, Meneghi, Menega, Menoga, Menoghi, Minigo, Menco, Menchi, Menci, Minco, Mengo, Menghi, Menga, Mingo, Minghi, Meni, Misotti, Minuziano, Mingoti, Menochio, Minelli, Minnelli, Menis, De Minico, Menichelli, Minichelli, Minichiello, Meneghelli, Meneghello, Meneghel, Menichini, Minichini, Minichino, Meneghini, Meniconi, Meneghino, Meneghin, Menicucci, Minicucci, Meneguzzi, Menoncini and many more.

Early Notables of the Mango family

Prominent among members of the family was Rosso Misotti, leader of the Ghibeline faction in Ferrara in 1203. Members of the Venetian Minotto family were brave soldiers: in 1265 Tommaso Minotto led the army against the Genoese forces; and in 1300 Marco Minotto was General of 37 ships which fought against the Greeks; Alessandro Minuziano was an editor and printer in Puglia in 1450 who printed the first edition of the collected works of Cicero; Giacomo Menochio was a prominent jurist...
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Mango migration to the United States +

Immigrants bearing the name Mango or a variant listed above include:

Mango Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Lewis Cyprien Mango, who arrived in New York in 1849 1
Celestim Mango, aged 29, who landed in America, in 1892
Carolina Mango, aged 74, who immigrated to the United States from Palermo, in 1893
Dom. Mango, aged 19, who settled in America, in 1896

Mango Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Carmine Mango, aged 10, who landed in America from Teano, in 1900
Antonio Mango, aged 3, who landed in America from Fratta Mappia, Italy, in 1912
Alberto Mango, aged 18, who landed in America from Morano, Italy, in 1912
Angelo Mango, aged 26, who settled in America from Moiano, Italy, in 1912
Domenico Mango, aged 37, who landed in America from Secondigliano, Napoli, in 1912
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Contemporary Notables of the name Mango (post 1700) +

Richard J. "Dick" Mango (1912-1975), American Bandleader and saxophonist, founder of The Dick Mango Orchestra who played in the 1950s
Susan E. Mango, American biologist, Professor at Harvard University
Spenser Mango (b. 1986), American Greco-Roman Wrestler at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Giuseppe "Pino" Mango (b. 1954), Italian singer
Aliceres Mango (b. 1992), Angolan politician
Alec Mango (1911-1989), English actor, best known for portraying El Supremo in Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
Cyril Alexander Mango (b. 1928), British scholar in the history, art, and architecture of the Byzantine Empire
Andrew James Alexander Mango (b. 1926), British author
Sénah Mango (b. 1991), Togolese footballer

Citations +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)