How common is the surname Cassar?

924 people in the United States had the surname Cassar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 334,140 Americans. It ranked 26,422nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Cassar?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Cassar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Cassar getting more or less common?

More common. 889 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 924 in 2010, up 3.9%.

The surname Cassar

An Arabic occupational surname, carried by 924 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cassar is more common than 83.7% of them.

Origin

Arabic origin

* 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.

Cassar is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 179 Arabic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 924 people named Cassar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 334,140 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 889.

#26,422

rank among US surnames

924

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+3.9%

change since 2000 (was #25,945)

Who is named Cassar

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

91% of people named Cassar identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cassar

Cassar has the Soundex code C260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C260.

Other Arabic surnames

All 179 Arabic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Cassar come from?: * 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.
How common is the surname Cassar?: 924 people in the United States had the surname Cassar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 334,140 Americans. It ranked 26,422nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cassar?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Cassar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Cassar?: Cassar is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Cassar getting more or less common?: More common. 889 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 924 in 2010, up 3.9%.