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Denapoli Coat of Arms / Denapoli Family CrestThe Italian surname DENAPOLI is a habitation name from the Campanian city of Naples. The name was derived from the Latin Neapolis meaning 'new-city'. It was an ancient Greek colony taken over by the Romans in the 4th century B.C. It was one of the most beautiful and fertile of the Italian provinces. Habitation names are derived from names denoting towns, villages, farmsteads or other named places, which include rivers, houses with signs on them, regions, or whole counties. The original bearer of the name who stayed in his area might be known by the name of his farm, or the locality in the parish; someone who moved to another town might be known by the name of his village; while someone who moved to another county could acquire the name of that county or the region from which he originated. Early references to the name occur in the 13th century, when one Enrico di Napoli was created governor of the city of Troina by King Federico II. of Aragon. His family became of some influence and his descendants acquired widespread territories which included the dukedom of Campobello, the barony of Pirraino, the barony of Francavilla and the barony of Longi to name a few. The origins of Italian surnames are not clear, and much work remains to be done on medieval Italian records. It seems that fixed bynames, in some cases hereditary, were in use in the Venetian Republic by the end of the 10th century. The typical Italian surname endings are 'i' and 'o', the former being characteristic of northern Italy. The singular form 'o' is more typical of southern Italy. As the agricultural depression of southern Italy worsened towards the end of the 19th century, people began to escape to the New World. The exodus started in earnest in 1887 with Brazil and other parts of Latin America being the original destinations. By 1893, the economy had improved in the United States and people headed there from Italy in greater and greater numbers. In 1898 there were more Italian immigrants to the USA than from any other country. In the post war era, more than a quarter of Italians left the country for a new life. They joined a flood of immigrants to America which was averaging a million a year in the pre war years. |
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