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    The surname Castaneda

    A Spanish surname, carried by 71,368 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex C235

    Castaneda: #464 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Castaneda #464, 71,368 people Castaneda: #464 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott Castaneda #464, 71,368 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Castaneda is more common than 99.7% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    From Spanish Castañeda.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 71,368 people named Castaneda in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 4,326 Americans. That is up 40% since 2000, when the Census counted 51,089.

    #464
    rank among US surnames
    71,368
    people in 2010
    24
    per 100,000 Americans
    +39.7%
    change since 2000 (was #600)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #455Fischer72,3574,267
    #456Huang72,3284,269
    #457Potter72,1754,278
    #458Delacruz72,1094,282
    #459Montoya71,8444,297
    #460Todd71,7594,303
    #461Wu71,7214,305

    Who is named Castaneda

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    93% of people named Castaneda identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.1% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.8%
    • Two or more races 0.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Castanedas

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Movita Castaneda
      American actress (1916–2015)
    • David Castaneda
      American actor, born 1989

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Casteneda

    Surnames that sound like Castaneda

    Castaneda has the Soundex code C235, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C235.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Castaneda come from?
    From Spanish Castañeda.
    How common is the surname Castaneda?
    71,368 people in the United States had the surname Castaneda in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,326 Americans. It ranked 464th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Castaneda?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Castaneda identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.1% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Castaneda?
    Movita Castaneda, American actress (1916–2015), followed by David Castaneda.
    Where is the surname Castaneda most common?
    Wikidata records people named Castaneda in the United States.
    Is the surname Castaneda getting more or less common?
    More common. 51,089 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 71,368 in 2010, up 40%.
    What are other spellings of Castaneda?
    Casteneda.