Find out how popular the last name Casalegno is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Casalegno.

Casalegno, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Casalegno surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Casalegno in America

Casalegno is the 139228th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Casalegno surname appeared 120 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Casalegno.

We can also compare 2010 data for Casalegno to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Casalegno

The surname Casalegno is of Italian origin, specifically from the Piedmont region in the northwest of the country. It dates back to the medieval period and is derived from the Italian words "casa" meaning house and "legno" meaning wood, suggesting a connection to a house made of wood or a person who worked with wood.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in a document from the 13th century, where a certain Giovanni Casalegno is mentioned as a resident of the town of Asti in Piedmont. This indicates that the name was already established in that region by that time.

In the 14th century, the name appears in the records of the city of Turin, where a family by the name of Casalegno resided in the area known as the Borgo Dora. This suggests that the name had spread to other parts of Piedmont by that point.

During the Renaissance period, a notable figure bearing the Casalegno name was Matteo Casalegno, a painter and architect who was active in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. He was born in Asti around 1460 and is known for his contributions to the decoration of several churches and palaces in and around his hometown.

In the 17th century, a certain Girolamo Casalegno was a prominent lawyer and jurist in Turin, serving as a magistrate and legal advisor to the House of Savoy, the ruling dynasty of the region at the time.

Another noteworthy individual with the surname Casalegno was Tommaso Casalegno, a writer and journalist who lived in the 19th century. Born in Asti in 1810, he was a prolific author and contributed to several publications, particularly on topics related to his hometown and the Piedmont region.

While the Casalegno name is most commonly associated with the Piedmont region of Italy, it has also spread to other parts of the country over the centuries, as well as to other parts of the world through immigration.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Casalegno

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Casalegno.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Casalegno was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Casalegno has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Casalegno was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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