How common is the surname Casella?

3,797 people in the United States had the surname Casella in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,313 Americans. It ranked 8,653rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Casella?

In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Casella identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Casella?

Maico Casella, Argentine field hockey player.

Where is the surname Casella most common?

Wikidata records people named Casella in Argentina.

Is the surname Casella getting more or less common?

More common. 3,458 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,797 in 2010, up 9.8%.

The surname Casella

An Italian surname, carried by 3,797 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C240

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Casella is more common than 94.7% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Casella.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,797 people named Casella in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 81,313 Americans. That is up 9.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,458.

#8,653

rank among US surnames

3,797

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+9.8%

change since 2000 (was #8,748)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,649	Cancel	3,801	81,227
#8,650	Reichard	3,799	81,270
#8,651	Silvey	3,798	81,292
#8,653	Casella	3,797	81,313

Who is named Casella

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

88% of people named Casella identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
Two or more races 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Casellas

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Maico Casella
Argentine field hockey player, born 1997

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Casella

Casella has the Soundex code C240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C240.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Casella come from?: Borrowed from Italian Casella.
How common is the surname Casella?: 3,797 people in the United States had the surname Casella in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,313 Americans. It ranked 8,653rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Casella?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Casella identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Casella?: Maico Casella, Argentine field hockey player.
Where is the surname Casella most common?: Wikidata records people named Casella in Argentina.
Is the surname Casella getting more or less common?: More common. 3,458 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,797 in 2010, up 9.8%.