# Castel (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/castel/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 711 |
| US rank (2010) | 32,365 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 434,241 people |
| Change since 2000 | +15% (619 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, variant of Castle. * As a Catalan, Aragonese, and Jewish surname, variant of Castell. * As a Swedish surname, variant of Cassel. * As a German surname, variant of Kastel, from Kastell (“fort, citadel, castle”), related to the above. * As a French surname, from Old French castel (“fortress, castle”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Castel in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 40% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 18% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 33% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 2.0% |
| Two or more races | 3.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Castel in Angola.

## People named Castel

- Lisa Castel, Angolan writer

## Similar surnames

Castillo, Costello, Castle, Casteel, Castelli, Castello, Castille, Castilla, Castelo, Castile, Castell, Castellanos.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.