Where does the surname Castellanos come from?

Castellanos is Spanish in origin.

How common is the surname Castellanos?

30,859 people in the United States had the surname Castellanos in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,005 Americans. It ranked 1,138th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Castellanos?

Taty Castellanos, Argentine footballer (born 1998), followed by Nicholas Castellanos.

Where is the surname Castellanos most common?

Wikidata records people named Castellanos in the United States and Argentina.

Is the surname Castellanos getting more or less common?

More common. 20,985 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 30,859 in 2010, up 47%.

The surname Castellanos

A Spanish surname, carried by 30,859 people in the United States.

4 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). Castellanos is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

A surname from Spanish.

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 30,859 people named Castellanos in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 10,005 Americans. That is up 47% since 2000, when the Census counted 20,985.

#1,138

rank among US surnames

30,859

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+47.1%

change since 2000 (was #1,568)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,129	Pearce	31,060	9,940
#1,130	Dillard	31,021	9,953
#1,131	Wilder	31,018	9,954
#1,132	Lange	30,984	9,965
#1,133	Shoemaker	30,934	9,981
#1,134	Flanagan	30,887	9,996
#1,135	Bruno	30,883	9,997

Who is named Castellanos

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

95% of people named Castellanos identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.1% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 95%
White (not Hispanic) 4.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%
Two or more races 0.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Castellanoss

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Taty Castellanos
Argentine footballer (born 1998)
Nicholas Castellanos
American baseball player (born 1992)
Vincent Castellanos
Actor from the United States, born 1961

Notable Castellanoss come mostly from the United States (2) and Argentina (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Castellanos

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

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Castellanos come from?: Castellanos is Spanish in origin.
How common is the surname Castellanos?: 30,859 people in the United States had the surname Castellanos in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,005 Americans. It ranked 1,138th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Castellanos?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Castellanos identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.1% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Castellanos?: Taty Castellanos, Argentine footballer (born 1998), followed by Nicholas Castellanos.
Where is the surname Castellanos most common?: Wikidata records people named Castellanos in the United States and Argentina.
Is the surname Castellanos getting more or less common?: More common. 20,985 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 30,859 in 2010, up 47%.