How common is the surname Castel?

711 people in the United States had the surname Castel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 434,241 Americans. It ranked 32,365th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Castel?

In the 2010 Census, 40% of people named Castel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 33% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Where is the surname Castel most common?

Wikidata records people named Castel in Angola.

Is the surname Castel getting more or less common?

More common. 619 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 711 in 2010, up 15%.

The surname Castel

A surname, carried by 711 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C234

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Castel is more common than 80.1% of them.

Origin

* 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”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 711 people named Castel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 434,241 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 619.

#32,365

rank among US surnames

711

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

+14.9%

change since 2000 (was #34,599)

Who is named Castel

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

40% of people named Castel identified as white (not Hispanic), 33% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Castels

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lisa Castel
Angolan writer, born 1955

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Castel

Castel has the Soundex code C234, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C234.

Questions

Where does the surname Castel come from?: * 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…
How common is the surname Castel?: 711 people in the United States had the surname Castel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 434,241 Americans. It ranked 32,365th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Castel?: In the 2010 Census, 40% of people named Castel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 33% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Castel?: Lisa Castel, Angolan writer.
Where is the surname Castel most common?: Wikidata records people named Castel in Angola.
Is the surname Castel getting more or less common?: More common. 619 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 711 in 2010, up 15%.