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The surname Castilleja

A surname, carried by 3,183 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex C234

Castilleja: #10,125 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Castilleja #10,125, 3,183 people Castilleja: #10,125 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Castilleja #10,125, 3,183 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Castilleja is more common than 93.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,183 people named Castilleja in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 96,998 Americans. That is up 26% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,519.

#10,125
rank among US surnames
3,183
people in 2010
1.1
per 100,000 Americans
+26.4%
change since 2000 (was #11,469)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#10,119Hilt3,18596,937
#10,122Ludwick3,18496,968
#10,125Bodden3,18396,998
#10,132Parmenter3,18297,029

Who is named Castilleja

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

94% of people named Castilleja identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.5% as white (not Hispanic).

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
  • White (not Hispanic) 5.5%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
  • Two or more races 0.2%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Castilleja

Castilleja 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 Castilleja?
3,183 people in the United States had the surname Castilleja in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,998 Americans. It ranked 10,125th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Castilleja?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Castilleja identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.5% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Castilleja getting more or less common?
More common. 2,519 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,183 in 2010, up 26%.