Casas History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Spain

Early Origins of the Casas family

The surname Casas was first found in Aragon an ancient Kingdom of Spain.

Early History of the Casas family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Casas research. Another 59 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1474, 1566, 1766 and 1842 are included under the topic Early Casas History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Casas Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: De Las Casas, de Las-Cases, Lascazes, de las Casaus, Las Cases, de las Cases, las Cases, de la Casa, Casas, Las Casas, las Casas, Cases and many more.

Early Notables of the Casas family

Notable bearers of the family name Casas

were the De Las Casas family of Aragon

Casas Ranking

In the United States, the name Casas is the 3,617^th most popular surname with an estimated 7,461 people with that name. 1 However, in France, the name Casas is ranked the 8,673^rd most popular surname with an estimated 500 - 1,000 people with that name. 2

Casas migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Casas Settlers in United States in the 16th Century

Fernando DeLas Casas, who landed in Peru in 1534 3
Gonzalo de las casas, who arrived in New Spain with his sister Ana in 1564

Casas Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Anto Casas, aged 36, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1822 3
Jose Casas Camps who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1826
Francisco Casas, who arrived in America in 1827 3
Jose Casas, aged 36, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1827 3
Gaspar DeLas Casas, who landed in America in 1828 3
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Contemporary Notables of the name Casas (post 1700) +

David Casas, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 2008
Montserrat Casas i Soldevila (1933-2024), Spanish Catalan Roman Catholic Poor Clare nun, Abbess of the Royal Monastery of Santa Maria de Pedralbes in Barcelona from 2013 until her death in 2024
Antoni Vila Casas (1930-2023), Spanish pharmaceutical executive and philanthropist
Antoni Vila Casas (1930-2023), Spanish philanthropist and pharmaceutical executive
Àngel Casas i Mas (1946-2022), Spanish journalist and writer
Javier Casas Cuevas (b. 1982), Spanish footballer
Antonio Casas (1911-1982), Spanish footballer
Joan Vila Casas (b. 1920), Spanish painter
Ernesto Soler de las Casas, Spanish painter and writer
Myrna Casas (1934-2022), Puerto Rican experimental playwright, director, actress, and theatre scholar, co-founder and artistic director of the company Producciones Cisne
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Citations +

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