# Cassar (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cassar/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Arabic |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 924 |
| US rank (2010) | 26,422 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 334,140 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.9% (889 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an Italian surname, from the nickname cassaio (“maker of cases”), from cassa. Also as a spelling variant of Cesare, Caesar. * As a Maltese surname, from Arabic كَسَّر (kassar). This could also have been influenced by Caesar. More at Cassar.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cassar in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.5% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |

## Similar surnames

Caesar, Cassara, Causer, Ceasar, Coker, Chesser, César, Cicero, Cheshire, Cogar, Cowger, Cesario.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.