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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian : either from a diminutive of Racano, which Caracausi derives from dialect racana ‘knitted or woven material made of thick thread’ (from Latin racana denoting a type of garment), or, perhaps more likely, a nickname from raganella denoting a species of green frog, also an old musical instrument.

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