The surname Castelo
A Galician surname, carried by 1,445 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex C234
Origin
Galician origin
A surname from Galician.
One of 34 Galician surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,445 people named Castelo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 213,665 Americans. That is up 26% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,143.
Who is named Castelo
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
65% of people named Castelo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 16% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 15% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 65%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 16%
- White (not Hispanic) 15%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Castelo
Castelo has the Soundex code C234, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C234.
Other Galician surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Castelo come from?
- Castelo is Galician in origin.
- How common is the surname Castelo?
- 1,445 people in the United States had the surname Castelo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 213,665 Americans. It ranked 18,899th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Castelo?
- In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Castelo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 16% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Is the surname Castelo getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,143 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,445 in 2010, up 26%.