Pascal is a French and an Italian surname of Romance origin.
[1] Pascal is a patronymic surname that derives from the personal given name Pascal, from Latin Paschalis,[2] which means "relating to Easter".
In France Pascal is especially found in the Southern-Eastern area, in Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,[3] while in Italy Pascal is found in Northern-Western area, in Piedmont, Aosta Valley[4][5] and the variant De Pascal in Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
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