Campana History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Italy

Venice, one of the oldest and most beautiful island regions of Italy, is the esteemed birthplace of numerous prominent families, including the family that bears the surname Campana. Although people were originally known only by a single name, it became necessary for people to adopt a second name to identify themselves as populations grew and travel became more frequent. The process of adopting fixed hereditary surnames was not complete until the modern era, but the use of hereditary family names in Italy began in the 10th and 11th centuries. Italian hereditary surnames were developed according to fairly general principles and they are characterized by a profusion of derivatives coined from given names. Although the most common type of family name found in Venice is the patronymic surname, which is derived from the father's givenname, names derived from occupations are also found. Occupational surnames, which are less common than other types of surnames in Italy, date back to the feudal era. However, under the Feudal System, occupational names did not become hereditary until the offices themselves became hereditary. It was only after an occupation was inherited by several generations in lineal descent that occupational names came to be applied to entire families, and so became a hereditary surname. The surname Campana is a common occupational name for a person who worked on church bells. The name literally means "a small church-bell" or "the bell-ringer."

Early Origins of the Campana family

The surname Campana was first found in the city of Padua, with earliest records of this lineage dating back to 1081, when Patavino Campanati was a lawyer of the Sacred Palace, or "Sacro Palazzo" in Padua.

Early History of the Campana family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Campana research. The years 1139, 1161, 1280, 1450, 1475, 1520, 1550, 1620, 1695, 1750, 1751, 1776, 1783, 1786, 1797, 1801, 1818, 1827 and 1830 are included under the topic Early Campana History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Campana Spelling Variations

There are many variations of most of those Italian names that originated in the medieval era. Some of these come from regional differences, like the tradition of ending northern names in "o" and southern names in "i". Others come from inaccuracies in the recording process, which were extremely common in the eras before dictionaries standardized spelling. Some of the spelling variations of Campana are Campana, Campani, Campanelli, Campanio, Campanino, Campanini, Campanale, Campanile, Campanili, Campanato, Campanati, Campanella, Campanazzi, Campanaro, Campanari and many more.

Early Notables of the Campana family

Prominent among members of the family was

the Campana family of Gorizia, who were Counts; Cino Campana of Osimo was a prominent lawyer and judge; Federico Campana was a castle owner in the area around Ancona; Muzio Campana was a military comm...
At this prosperous time in Venetian history, prominent members of the Campana family included Francesco Campana, who worked with the powerful Medici family in the 15th century and helped Michelangelo find w...

Campana Ranking

In the United States, the name Campana is the 12,671^st most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1 However, in France, the name Campana is ranked the 5,184^th most popular surname with an estimated 1,000 - 1,500 people with that name. 2

Campana migration to the United States +

An inquiry into the early roots of North American families reveals a number of immigrants bearing the name Campana or a variant listed above:

Campana Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Santiago Campana, who landed in Veragua in 1835 3
Felipe Campana, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1842 3
Angelo Campana, aged 22, who immigrated to America, in 1896

Campana Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Angelo Campana, aged 35, who settled in America from Smaria Vico, in 1900
Alessandro Campana, aged 28, who settled in America from Cervino, in 1901
Alessandro Campana, aged 34, who landed in America from Cervicco, in 1907
Angelo Campana, aged 24, who immigrated to the United States from Chieti, Italy, in 1908
Angelo Campana, aged 28, who landed in America from Aneti, Palena, Italy, in 1909
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Campana (post 1700) +

Thomas J Campana Jr. (1947-2004), American inventor
Ambrose Campana, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1964 4
Sergio Campana (b. 1986), Italian racing driver
Sergio Campana (b. 1934), Italian lawyer and former professional footballer
Tommaso Campana (d. 1640), Italian painter
Francesca Campana (1615-1665), Roman singer, spinet player and composer
Loris Campana (b. 1926), road bicycle and track cyclist from Italy
Sergio Campana (b. 1934), Italian former footballer and lawyer
Fabio Campana (1819-1882), Italian composer, opera director, conductor, and singing teacher
Dino Campana (1885-1932), Italian visionary poet
... (Another 5 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
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)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 6) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html