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Early Origins of the Carminati family

The surname Carminati was first found in Naples, (Italian: Napoli, Latin: Neapolis) former capital of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in southern Italy; it is the chief city of the province of Naples. It shares with Instanbul the claim to be the most beautiful city in Europe. Naples has 237 Churches and 57 Chapels. The National Museum and other galleries contain riches in art and artifacts. In those ancient times only persons of rank, the podesta, clergy, city officials, army officers, artists, landowners were entered into the records. To be recorded at this time, at the beginning of recorded history, was of itself a great distinction and indicative of noble ancestry. Where Taranto was also an important possession.

The variant Carmine denotes a "purplish-red" colour from an Aramaic word qirmizi which means “crimson” in English.

Early History of the Carminati family

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Carminati Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Carmignani, Carmignola, Carminati, Carmina, Carmena and many more.

Early Notables of the Carminati family

By the end of the 15th century, southern Italy was known as the Kingdom of Naples, ruled by the house of Aragon. By the early eighteenth century, the Austrians had gained much of the region, under the rule of the Austrian emperor Kales VI. However, in 1734, Spaniard Don Carlos defeated the Austrians, and the region came under Spanish rule once more. In 1799, the French invaded Naples and in 1806, Napoleon's...
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Carminati Ranking

In France, the name Carminati is the 6,751st most popular surname with an estimated 1,000 - 1,500 people with that name. 1


United States Carminati migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Carminati Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Lorenzo Carminati, who settled in Texas in 1884
  • Lorenzo Carminati, aged 26, who landed in Texas in 1884 2


  1. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  2. 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)


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