Frequency: (323)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Southern Italian (Naples): derogatory nickname from dialect cacace ‘wicked’, from medieval Greek kakakēs, a diminutive of kakos ‘bad’, ‘wicked’.
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 15%. Salvatore (3), Antonio, Carmine, Ciro, Dante, Franco, Gaspare, Luigi, Nicola, Palma, Sal, Vita.
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