# Castillo (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/castillo/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Spanish, from Spanish castillo (“castle”).

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 230,420 |
| US rank (2010) | 93 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 1,340 people |
| Change since 2000 | +39% (165,473 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Castillos, Castel, Castello, Castilla |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Castillo in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 4.9% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 90% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 0.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Castillo in the United States, Bolivia, Argentina, Venezuela, Peru and Belize.

## People named Castillo

- Raúl Castillo, American actor and playwright
- Joey Castillo, American drummer
- Ramiro Castillo, bolivian footballer (1966-1997)
- Randy Castillo, American drummer (1950–2002)
- Abelardo Castillo, Argentine writer
- Edson Castillo, association football player
- Enrique Castillo, American actor
- Alejandro Castillo, American fugitive (born 1998)
- Danny Castillo, American martial artist
- Iván Castillo, Bolivian footballer
- Aurora Castillo, American environmentalist
- Emilio Castillo, American saxophone player and composer

and 5 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Costello, Castle, Casteel, Castelli, Castello, Costilla, Castille, Castilla, Castelo, Castile, Castell, Castel.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.