Save Type Surname (from location) Usage Italian, Sicilian Pronounced Pron. /li.ˈka.ta/(Italian) [lɪ.ˈkaː.ta](Sicilian) [key·simplify] Meaning & History From the name of a town in Sicily, possibly derived from the Ancient Greek toponym Λευκάδα (Leukada) (see Leocadia) or from Arabic الْقَلْعَةَ (al-qalʕata) "the castle, the fortress".