The casa Surname
casa Name Meaning and History
- Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish: from casa ‘house’ (Latin casa ‘hut’, ‘cottage’, ‘cabin’), perhaps originally denoting the occupier of the most distinguished house in a village.
- Italian: from a short form of the personal name Benincasa, an omen name meaning ‘welcome in (our) house’.
- Italian (Sicily; Casà): probably a metonymic occupational name for a maker of saddlecloths, from Greek kasas ‘saddlecloth’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Threads: 4 - Messages: 6
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| CASA, Josephine-Florida |
 kauaitutu
| 1 |
| Death of Mr. Demosthenes L. Casa |
davwayell
| 0 |
| Gaetano Casa | Ginny | 1 |
| Relatives | Jack Tucker | 0 |
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