# Castell (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/castell/  
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 | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 939 |
| US rank (2010) | 26,086 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 328,802 people |
| Change since 2000 | -6.0% (999 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English and Scottish surname, from the noun castle. * As a Catalan, Aragonese, and Jewish surname, from castell (“castle”), similar to the above. * As a Manx surname, from Mac Asgaill (“son of Ásketill”), from Old Norse Áskell. Compare McAskill. * As a German surname, variant of Kastel. Compare Castel, Castillo.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Castell 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) | 58% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 25% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Castell in Argentina.

## People named Castell

- Patricia Castell, actress (1926-2013)

## Similar surnames

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