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

Cassini, 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 Cassini surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Cassini in America

Cassini is the 72771st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Cassini surname appeared 267 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 Cassini.

We can also compare 2010 data for Cassini 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 Cassini

The surname Cassini is of Italian origin, and it originated in the region of Tuscany during the medieval period. The name is derived from the Italian word "cassino," which means a small hut or cottage, indicating that the earliest bearers of this surname may have lived in humble dwellings.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Cassini surname can be found in the Florentine Codex, a 16th-century manuscript that contains records of noble families in Florence. This suggests that the Cassini family had already established itself as a prominent lineage in the region by that time.

The most famous bearer of the Cassini surname was Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625-1712), an Italian astronomer and mathematician. He made significant contributions to the study of astronomy, including the discovery of several moons of Saturn and the gap in Saturn's rings, now known as the Cassini Division. Cassini also played a crucial role in the development of the laws of celestial mechanics.

Another notable figure with the Cassini surname was Jacques Cassini (1677-1756), the son of Giovanni Domenico Cassini. Jacques Cassini continued his father's work in astronomy and served as the director of the Paris Observatory for several decades.

In the 19th century, Alexandre Henri Gabriel Cassini (1781-1832), a descendant of the Cassini family, gained recognition as a botanist and naturalist. He conducted extensive research on the flora of France and published several works on the subject.

Giovanni Battista Cassini (1625-1712), the younger brother of Giovanni Domenico Cassini, also made significant contributions to the field of astronomy. He worked closely with his brother and assisted him in his observations and calculations.

The Cassini surname has also been associated with various place names in Italy, such as Cassino, a town located in the province of Frosinone, Lazio. This town may have played a role in the origin of the surname, as it was not uncommon for people to adopt surnames derived from the names of places where they lived or originated.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Cassini

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

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 Cassini 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 Cassini 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 Cassini was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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