The Cacace surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 991 people carried this name — #25,064 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 294,100 people counted. That is up 9% from 910 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Cacace surname
A surname from Neapolitan.
Borrowed from Neapolitan cacace (“wicked”), ultimately a derivation from Ancient Greek κᾰκός (kăkós, “bad, mean, vile”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Cacace» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 828 people named Cacace live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 74 people named Cacace.
Most of them — 42 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
30 people named Cacace live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Cacace,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joel Cacace 1941– -
Giovanni Camillo Cacace 1578–1656 · jurist
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Giuseppe Cacace 1715– · Catholic priest
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Tito Cacace 1800–1892 · politician
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Giuseppe Cacace 1828–1891 · composer
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Ernesto Cacace 1872–1956 · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cacace.
- Cabral 23,128 · U.S. census
- Cabrera 83,621 · U.S. census
- Cabrero 306 · U.S. census
- Cabrol 106 · U.S. census
- Cabus 175 · U.S. census
- Caby 162 · U.S. census
- Caccamo 704 · U.S. census
- Caccia 360 · U.S. census
- Cacciatore 1,261 · U.S. census
- Caceres 12,269 · U.S. census
- Cachat 149 · U.S. census
- Cachia 149 · U.S. census
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