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

Cassity, 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 Cassity surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Cassity in America

Cassity is the 13603rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Cassity surname appeared 2,227 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Cassity.

We can also compare 2010 data for Cassity 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 Cassity

The surname Cassity is believed to have originated in the English county of Staffordshire during the late medieval period. It is derived from the Old English word "cæssic," which means "marshy ground" or "boggy area." This suggests that the earliest bearers of the name likely lived in or near a marshy region.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in the Pipe Rolls of Staffordshire, a collection of financial records from the late 12th century. In these rolls, a person named Reginald de Cassethi is mentioned, which is likely an early variation of the Cassity surname.

During the 13th and 14th centuries, several variations of the name appeared in various historical documents, including the Hundred Rolls of Staffordshire (1275), where a Walter de Cassite is mentioned, and the Subsidy Rolls of Staffordshire (1327), which record a John de Cassyte.

While the Cassity surname does not appear in the famous Domesday Book of 1086, there are several place names in Staffordshire that may have influenced the surname's development, such as Casewick and Casterne, both of which contain elements of the Old English word "cæssic."

One notable early bearer of the Cassity name was Sir John Cassity, a knight who lived in the late 14th century and fought in the Hundred Years' War. Another was William Cassity, a yeoman farmer from Staffordshire who was recorded in the Lay Subsidy Rolls of 1524.

In the 16th century, the Cassity surname began to spread beyond Staffordshire, with records showing individuals bearing the name in neighboring counties such as Derbyshire and Warwickshire. During this period, a variant spelling, "Cassetie," also emerged.

In the 17th century, a notable figure was Richard Cassity (1626-1701), a prosperous merchant from London who traded with the American colonies. Another was John Cassity (1640-1712), a Puritan minister who emigrated to Massachusetts and served as the pastor of the First Church of Roxbury.

By the 18th century, the Cassity surname had become well-established in various parts of England, as well as in the American colonies. One notable American bearer of the name was Samuel Cassity (1738-1815), a soldier who fought in the Revolutionary War and later settled in Kentucky.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Cassity

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

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

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