The surname Castillo
A Spanish place surname, the 93rd most common in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex C234
Origin
Spanish origin
A habitational surname from Spanish, from Spanish castillo (“castle”).
Castillo is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 230,420 people named Castillo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 1,340 Americans. That is up 39% since 2000, when the Census counted 165,473.
Who is named Castillo
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
90% of people named Castillo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.9% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 90%
- White (not Hispanic) 4.9%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 3.0%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
- Two or more races 0.5%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Famous Castillos
17 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Raúl CastilloAmerican actor and playwright, born 1977
- Joey CastilloAmerican drummer, born 1966
- Ramiro CastilloBolivian footballer (1966-1997)
- Randy CastilloAmerican drummer (1950–2002)
- Abelardo CastilloArgentine writer, 1935–2017
- Edson CastilloAssociation football player, born 1994
- Enrique CastilloAmerican actor, born 1949
- Alejandro CastilloAmerican fugitive (born 1998)
- Danny CastilloAmerican martial artist, born 1979
- Iván CastilloBolivian footballer, born 1970
- Aurora CastilloAmerican environmentalist, 1914–1998
- Emilio CastilloAmerican saxophone player and composer, born 1950
Notable Castillos come mostly from the United States (10), Bolivia (2) and Argentina (2).
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Variant spellings
Surnames that sound like Castillo
Castillo has the Soundex code C234, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C234.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Castillo come from?
- Castillo is Spanish in origin.
- How common is the surname Castillo?
- 230,420 people in the United States had the surname Castillo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 1,340 Americans. It ranked 93rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Castillo?
- In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Castillo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.9% as white (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Castillo?
- Raúl Castillo, American actor and playwright, followed by Joey Castillo.
- Where is the surname Castillo most common?
- Wikidata records people named Castillo in the United States, Bolivia and Argentina and 3 other countries.
- What type of surname is Castillo?
- Castillo is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
- Is the surname Castillo getting more or less common?
- More common. 165,473 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 230,420 in 2010, up 39%.
- What are other spellings of Castillo?
- Castillos, Castel, Castello and Castilla.