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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian : (Càssaro) habitational name from Càssaro, a place in Sicily, named from Sicilian càssaru ‘main street’, ‘street leading to the citadel’, from Arabic qạsr ‘citadel’, ‘castle’, which in turn is derived from Latin castrum ‘Roman walled city’.
  • Italian : (Cassàro) occupational name for a maker or seller of crates or boxes.

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