Nicastro

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Nicastro.

Proper noun

Nicastro (plural Nicastros)

1. A surname from Italian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Nicastro is the 14046^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2144 individuals. Nicastro is most common among White (93.84%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Nicastro”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 665.

Anagrams

• carotins, Cortinas, castorin, anticors, Crisanto, tricosan-, cast-iron, cast iron, nicators, cortinas, cantoris, Nicotras, conistra, C-rations, castiron, Cintoras

Italian

Etymology

Italian: habitational name from the city Nicastro in the Catanzaro province of southern Italy named from Latin Neocastrum ‘new camp’ from medieval Greek Neokastron ‘new castle.’

Proper noun

Nicastro f

1. A town in Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy

Proper noun

Nicastro m or f by sense

1. a habitational surname