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![Show Contents]() Cesar History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
The distinguished surname Cesar can be traced back to the ancient and beautiful region of Sicily, which is located off Southwestern Italy and incorporates the island of Sicily itself, the area of Naples, and the southern part of the Italian peninsula. Although people were originally known only by a single name, it became necessary for people to adopt a second name to identify themselves as populations grew and travel became more frequent. The process of adopting fixed hereditary surnames was not complete until the modern era, but the use of hereditary family names in Italy began in the 10th and 11th centuries. Italian hereditary surnames were developed according to fairly general principles and they were characterized by a profusion of derivatives coined from given names. The most common type of family name found in the region of Sicily is the patronymic surname, which is derived from the father's given name. During the Middle Ages, Italians adopted the patronymic system of name-making because it perfectly complemented the prevailing Feudal System. In Italy the popularity of patronymic type of surname is also due to the fact that during the Christian era, people often named their children after saints and biblical figures. The surname Cesar was derived from the given name "Cesare," and originally derived from the famous Roman family name "Caesar." In Classical times, the name "Caesar" was associated by folk etymology with the Latin Caesaries (head of hair). Early Origins of the Cesar familyThe surname Cesar was first found in the year 1278, where Nicol Cesareo was listed in the Sicilian city of Messina. Nicol Cesari, was a priest in Rome during the 14th century and worked closely with Pope Martino V. Later, Giulio Cesarini was a listed as a lawyer in Rome around 1400. Early History of the Cesar familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cesar research. The years 1398, 1444, 1466, 1470, 1510, 1542, 1568, 1571, 1600, 1622, 1640, 1650 and 1750 are included under the topic Early Cesar History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Cesar Spelling VariationsItalian surnames come in far more variations than the names of most other nationalities. Regional traditions and dialects are a decisive factor in this characteristic. For example, northern names tend to end in "o", while southern in "i". Also important, but not unique to Italy, was the fact that before dictionaries and the printing press most scribes simply spelled words according to their sounds. The predictable result was an enormous number of spelling variations. The recorded spellings of Cesar include Cesari, Cesare, Cesaro, Cesar, De Cesare, Cesaris, De Cesaris, Di Cesare, Cesarelli, Cesaretti, Cesarini, Cesarino, Cesarìn, Cesarotti, Cesaroni, Cesarone, Cesarano, Cesarato, Cesaratto, Cesariano, Cesareni and many more. Early Notables of the Cesar familyProminent among bearers of this surname in early times was - Giuliano Cesarini was an ecclesiastic in Rome in 1470; Julian Cesarini the Elder (1398-1444), was an Italian cardinal from Rome; his son, Julian Cesarini the Younger (1466-1510) was an Italian Roman C...
- Giuseppe Cesari (c. 1568-1640) was an Italian mannerist painter, and his brother, Bernardino Cesari (1571-1622), was an Italian painter of the late-Mannerist and early Baroque period, active mainly in...
- Virginio Cesarini was a nobleman and philosopher in Rome around 1600, Livia Cesarini was a member of one of the two most wealthy Roman families in 1650 and thus had many suitors, Carlo Francesco Cesar...
Cesar RankingIn the United States, the name Cesar is the 12,460th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1 However, in France, the name Cesar is ranked the 3,671st most popular surname with an estimated 1,500 - 2,000 people with that name. 2
 Cesar migration to the United States | + |
An examination of many early immigration records reveals that people bearing the name Cesar arrived in North America very early:
Cesar Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Mary Cesar, who landed in Virginia in 1653 3
Cesar Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Jean Bte Cesar, who arrived in Louisiana in 1719 3
- Jean Baptiste Cesar, who settled in Louisiana in 1719
Cesar Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Lambert Cesar, his wife Anne-Marie Laurent Cesar, and their two children, who arrived in Wisconsin in 1856
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Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Cesar Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century- Mr. John Cesar U.E. who settled in Home District, [Niagara], Lincoln County, Ontario c. 1783 he is listed as a African American (Black Loyalist) 4
| Contemporary Notables of the name Cesar (post 1700) | + |
- Marie Paul Alexandre César de Scépeaux de Bois-Guignot, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 5
- Jean Louis Joseph César de Fernig, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 6
- Antoine César de Choiseul Praslin, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 7
- Jacques Henri Sébastien César de Moreton de Chabrillan, French Divisional General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 8
- Victor Cesar Bota (b. 1972), Brazilian writer, photographer, director, producer of Italian descent
- Fernando Cesar Pilan, Professor de Filosofia, Instituto Federal de São Paulo
- Mario Cesar Quintero Padron (1924-2017), Cuban basketball player at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics
- Julio Cesar Mateo (b. 1977), Dominican Republic Major League Baseball pitcher
- Julio Cesar Nava Garcia (b. 1989), Mexican professional footballer
- Julio Cesar Solano (1960-1980), Dominion Republic-born, American Major League Baseball relief pitcher in the 1980s
- "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)
- Rubincam, Milton. The Old United Empire Loyalists List. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1976. (Originally published as; United Empire Loyalists. The Centennial of the Settlement of Upper Canada. Rose Publishing Company, 1885.) ISBN 0-8063-0331-X
- Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, October 8) Marie César. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html
- Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, March 4) Jean César. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html
- Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, February 12) Antoine César. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html
- Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, February 11) Jacques César. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html
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