Cappadocian

### Synonym(s):

Cappadocian Mediterranean, Arabo-Mediterranean, Irano-Mediterranean, Mediterranean Arabid, Euro-Orientalid

### Location:

Malta, Levant, Turkey and Cyprus. Southern Europe. Also Latin America, US Southwest and East Coast.

### Similar types:

Arabid, Libyid, Iranid, Gracile Mediterranid, Litorid, Trans Mediterranid, East Mediterranid

### Nasal shape:

Hyperleptorrhine, slightly convex

Ancient Mediterranid phenotype with convergently evolved Orientalid-like features. It originated in Anatolia through Mediterranid types adapting to hot dry climates and developing aquiline noses, and spread into Southern Europe as a minor component through Neolithic farmer migrations, as well as Roman slaves (Syria, Judea, etc.) and Phoenician migrations in the classical antiquity. During the Neolithic it also spread to the Levant as well. It is found in the Anatolian Peninsula, where it is said to have originated, It is also found in Southern Europe, and the Levant. In Greece, it is especially found among those of Cappadocian Greek origin. It is sometimes referred to as the aquiline or convex nosed Mediterranean. It is also found in the Americas, especially Latin America, due to colonization and immigration. Nowadays, it can also be found in the United States, as a result of immigration from other countries, mainly Mexico (in the Southwest), Cuba, and Puerto Rico, and even other Latin American countries (on the East Coast).

## Physical Traits:

Light brown, occasionally fair skin. Wavy or curly, Brown to black hair. Dark to mixed eyes. Medium height, mesoskelic, ectomorph. Dolicho- mesocephalic, chamaecranic, rather small, rhomboid head, protruding occiput. Slightly convex, hyperleptorrhine nose. Large almond-shaped eyes, prominent midface, and full lips. Body hair abundant.

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## Estimates:

* Latin America: 15% to 20%
* Southern Spain, Southern Portugal, Southern Italy: 10% to 15%
* Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Turkey, Malta: 10%
* United States: ~5% (mainly on the East Coast and in the Southwest)
* Greece: 4% (mostly due to the Cappadocian Greeks who arrived from Turkey after the 1923 population exchange)

## Notable people:

### Male examples

* Carlos Alcántara, Peruvian actor and comedian
* Juan Bautista Azopardo (Ġann Patist Azzopardi), Maltese privateer
* Lando Buzzanca, Italian actor
* Fausto Coppi, Italian cyclist
* Pablo Cuevas, Argentine tennis player
* Paul Denino (Ice Poseidon), American Twitch streamer
* Giuseppe Fiorello, Italian actor
* Giannis Zaradoukas, Greek footballer
* Francisco Franco, Spanish general and dictator, 1936–1975
* Robert LaSardo, American actor (Italian descent)
* Jason Mantzoukas, American actor and comedian (Greek descent)
* Michelangelo, Italian sculptor, architect, and artist
* Domenico Modugno, Italian singer and politician
* Luke Pasqualino, British actor (Italian descent)
* Nino Pršeš, Bosnian singer
* Nicovald, Peruvian-Canadian YouTuber
* Adam Rodriguez, American actor (Puerto Rican and Cuban descent)
* John Turturro, American actor (Italian descent)
* Tute, Argentine cartoonist
* Lorenzo Squizzi, Italian footballer
* Frank Zappa, American singer (Italian descent)
* Erol Gedik, Turkish actor
* Burak Deniz, Turkish actor
* Antonio Velazquez, Spanish actor
* Jorge Rafael Videla, Argentine dictator
* Thyago Alves, Brazilian actor
* Šime Vrsaljko, Croatian footballer

### Female examples

* Magdalena Bravi, Argentine actress
* Inma Cuesta, Spanish actress (possibly a textbook example)
* Emily Estefan, American singer (Cuban descent)
* Carmen Franco, Duchess of Franco
* Valeria Hinojosa, Bolivian blogger (with slight Armenoid influence)
* Ana Malhoa, Portuguese singer-songwriter
* Carmen Martinez-Bordiú, Duchess of Franco
* Claudette Pace, Maltese singer and politician
* Bárbara De Regil, Mexican actress
* Marta Rovira, Spanish lawyer and politician
* Gabrielle Ruiz, American actress (Mexican descent)
* Erica Spera, American comedian
* Cascina Caradonna, American actress (slight Paleo Sardinian influence)
* Bergüzar Korel, Turkish actress
* Vicky Papadopoulou, Greek actress
* Sol Rodriguez, Argentine actress and model
* Sara Rizzo, Italian model
* Rebecca Ruber, American model (Spanish and Italian descent)

## Gallery:

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