Cassata

See also: cassata

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Cassata.

Proper noun

Cassata (plural Cassatas)

1. A surname from Italian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cassata is the 36525^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 612 individuals. Cassata is most common among White (95.75%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cassata”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 300.

Italian

Etymology

From cassata (“cassata, a Sicilian cake”), a metonymic occupational surname for a pastry cook.

Proper noun

Cassata m or f by sense

1. a surname