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The Casal surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 935 people carried this name — #26,171 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 312,500 people counted. That is up 15% from 813 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Casal surname

Hispanic, Catalan, Galician or Filipino surname, of Catalan or Galician origin

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Casal» (English), 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 5,316 people named Casal 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.

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Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 2,789
City of Buenos Aires 748
Santa Fe 419
Entre Ríos 215
Tucumán 194
Chaco 165
Córdoba 118
Chubut 102

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 196 people named Casal.

33 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 38 départements, most often La Réunion.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 33
La Réunion 24
Vaucluse 20
Paris 14
Hérault 12
Aube 9
Bouches-du-Rhône 9
Aude 7
Gard 6

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

176 people named Casal live in Switzerland.

They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Graubünden.

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Where they live today

Graubünden 30
Zurich 27
Valais 27
Vaud 24
Geneva 22
Aargau 11
Bern 11
Ticino 7

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 Casal,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Gaspar Casal
    Gaspar Casal 1680–1759 · physician
  • Manuel Casal
    Manuel Casal 1751–1837 · writer
  • Federico Casal Martínez
    Federico Casal Martínez 1867–1955 · composer
  • Sara Casal de Quirós
    Sara Casal de Quirós 1879–1953 · writer
  • Pedro Segundo Casal
    Pedro Segundo Casal 1879–1957 · military personnel
  • Xacobe Casal d. 1955 · writer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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