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Early Origins of the Casa family

The surname Casa was first found in the culturally rich region of Lombardy, where earliest records date back to the year 1126 in Milan, when Apollonio Casati was Imperial Vicar for Lotario il Sassone.

Early History of the Casa family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Casa research. The years 1350, 1427, 1435, 1503, 1504, 1507, 1550, 1556, 1565, 1600, 1617, 1625, 1630, 1660, 1675, 1707, 1725 and 1798 are included under the topic Early Casa History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Casa Spelling Variations

In comparison with other European surnames, Italian surnames have a surprising number of forms. They reflect the regional variations and the many dialects of the Italian language, each with its own distinctive features. For example, in Northern Italy the typical Italian surname suffix is "i", whereas in Southern Italy it is "o". Additionally, spelling changes frequently occurred because medieval scribes and church officials often spelled names as they sounded rather than according to any specific spelling rules. The spelling variations in the name Casa include Casa, Case, Dalla Casa, Dallacasa, Della Casa, Da Ca, Dacca, Da Cha, Dacha, Dalla Ca, Dallaca, Dalla Cha, Dallacha, Casella, Casello, Caselli, Casèl, Casiello, Casillo, Casetta, Casati, Casselli, Casetti, Casèt, Casina, Casine, Casino, Casini, Casola, Casolla, Casol, Casotti, Casone, Casoni, Cason, Casacchia, Casaccia, Casacci, Casassa, Casazza, Casabianca, Casablanca, Cabianca, Casabassa, Cabassa, Casabella, Cabella, Casabona, Cabona, Caboni, Casagrande, Casagrandi, Casamassima, Casanova, Canova, Casavecchia and many more.

Early Notables of the Casa family

Prominent among bearers of this family in early times was

  • members of the Casati family of Milan during the late 13th century, who owned many castles and vast amounts of land. Other bearers of the name include Conte Casati, who was a Cardinal, and Giovannino...


United States Casa migration to the United States +

Immigrants bearing the name Casa or a variant listed above include:

Casa Settlers in United States in the 16th Century
  • Melchor de Casa, who settled in Cuba with his family in 1580
  • Francisco de la Casa who immigrated to New Spain in 1584
  • Sebastian de la Casa who arrived in Peru in 1590
Casa Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Juan De Casa, who landed in America in 1813 [1]
  • Anto Casa, a Spanish Solider, who settled in New Orleans in 1822
  • In 1829 Rafael and Luis De Casa, Spanish Soldiers, who settled in New Orleans to settle
  • Luis Casa, aged 20, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1829 [1]
  • Rafael De Casa, aged 27, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1829 [1]
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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