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The surname Castano

A surname, carried by 6,133 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C235

Castano: #5,660 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Castano #5,660, 6,133 people Castano: #5,660 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Castano #5,660, 6,133 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Castano is more common than 96.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,133 people named Castano in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 50,342 Americans. That is up 29% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,739.

#5,660
rank among US surnames
6,133
people in 2010
2.1
per 100,000 Americans
+29.4%
change since 2000 (was #6,596)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#5,655Stilwell6,13850,301
#5,656Settles6,13750,309
#5,658Kellum6,13650,317
#5,660Tedesco6,13350,342
#5,664Arvizu6,13050,366

Who is named Castano

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

81% of people named Castano identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 17% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 81%
  • White (not Hispanic) 17%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
  • Two or more races 0.3%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Castano

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

Questions

How common is the surname Castano?
6,133 people in the United States had the surname Castano in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,342 Americans. It ranked 5,660th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Castano?
In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Castano identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 17% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Castano getting more or less common?
More common. 4,739 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,133 in 2010, up 29%.