Cass Family Name and Heraldry

Cass is how some branches of the Kass family came to write their name. The name is generally explained as “A descendant of Kass, a pet form of Cazo”.

• Related forms: Kaess.
• 7,581 Americans were listed as Cass in the 2010 census.
• Cass sounds close to Cassey, Casa and Case, so it can help to search both.
• Only a small detail separates the spellings: Cass has “c” where Kass has “k”.
• Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

Family crest and blazon

Arms linked to Kass and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Want more than a summary? See the Cass family name pack.