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    The surname Castilla

    A surname, carried by 2,071 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C234

    Castilla: #14,427 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Castilla #14,427, 2,071 people Castilla: #14,427 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Castilla #14,427, 2,071 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Castilla is more common than 91.1% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,071 people named Castilla in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 149,080 Americans. That is up 26% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,638.

    #14,427
    rank among US surnames
    2,071
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +26.4%
    change since 2000 (was #16,219)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,419Klopp2,073148,937
    #14,421Metheny2,072149,008
    #14,427Castilla2,071149,080
    #14,434Sumlin2,070149,152

    Who is named Castilla

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

    87% of people named Castilla identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 9.4% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 87%
    • White (not Hispanic) 9.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Castilla

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Castilla?
    2,071 people in the United States had the surname Castilla in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 149,080 Americans. It ranked 14,427th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Castilla?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Castilla identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 9.4% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Castilla getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,638 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,071 in 2010, up 26%.