Frequency: (471)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Italian and Spanish: habitational name from any of numerous minor places called Casagrande or Casa Grande, in Spain and Italy, from casa ‘house’ + grande ‘big’.
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 8%; French 4%. Gino (3), Marco (2), Aldo, Angelo, Carlo, Dino, Franco, Geno, Lido, Luigi, Marino, Ottavio; Olivier, Pierre.
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