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    The surname Castello

    A surname, carried by 3,347 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C234

    Castello: #9,692 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Castello #9,692, 3,347 people Castello: #9,692 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Castello #9,692, 3,347 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Castello is more common than 94% of them.

    Origin

    * As an Italian surname, from the noun castello (“fortress”). Also sometimes shortened from Castellano. * As a Catalan surname Castelló, of the same meaning, named after several towns. * As an Irish surname, from Mac Oisdealbhaigh, see Costello. * As an English surname, variant of Castlehow, named after several places, from castel + Howe. * As a Slovene surname, Americanized from Kastelic, compare Costello.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,347 people named Castello in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 92,245 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,140.

    #9,692
    rank among US surnames
    3,347
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.6%
    change since 2000 (was #9,495)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,686Kunze3,35192,135
    #9,687Scholten3,35092,163
    #9,691Paramo3,34892,218
    #9,692Geis3,34792,245
    #9,695Charleston3,34692,273

    Who is named Castello

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

    59% of people named Castello identified as white (not Hispanic), 33% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 59%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 33%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.4%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Castello

    Castello 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 Castello come from?
    * As an Italian surname, from the noun castello (“fortress”). Also sometimes shortened from Castellano. * As a Catalan surname Castelló, of the same meaning, named after several towns. * As an Irish surname, from Mac Oisdealbhaigh, see Costello. * As an English surname, variant of Castlehow, named…
    How common is the surname Castello?
    3,347 people in the United States had the surname Castello in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,245 Americans. It ranked 9,692nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Castello?
    In the 2010 Census, 59% of people named Castello identified as white (not Hispanic), and 33% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Castello getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,140 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,347 in 2010, up 6.6%.