Casella History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Italy

Early Origins of the Casella family

The surname Casella 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 Casella family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Casella 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 Casella History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Casella Spelling Variations

Enormous variation in spelling and form characterizes those Italian names that originated in the medieval era. This is caused by two main factors: regional tradition, and inaccuracies in the recording process. Before the last few hundred years, scribes spelled names according to their sounds. Spelling variations were the unsurprising result. The variations of Casella 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 Casella 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...

Casella Ranking

In the United States, the name Casella is the 12,667^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Casella migration to the United States +

Research into various historical records has revealed some of first members of the Casella family to immigrate North America:

Casella Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Antonio Casella, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1879 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Casella (post 1700) +

Salvador E. Casella (b. 1935), United States federal judge
Fiore "Jimmy" Casella (1924-1976), prominent American poker player at the World Series of Poker in the 1970s
Max Casella (b. 1967), American actor
Giovanni Andrea Casella, Italian painter active in the Baroque period
Felicita Casella (1820-1865), Italian singer and composer
Cesare Casella (b. 1960), Italian chef, restaurateur, writer, consultant and educator
Alfredo Casella (1883-1947), Italian composer
Fernando González Casella (1925-1998), Argentine composer of classical music

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
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)