# Castle (surname)

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

A surname transferred from the common noun referring to someone who lived in or worked in a castle

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 20,534 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,744 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 15,036 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.9% (19,768 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

English surname, from the noun castle.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Castle 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) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Castle in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

## People named Castle

- Nick Castle, American film director, actor and screenwriter
- William Castle, American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (1914–1977)
- Peggie Castle, American actress who specialized in playing the "other woman" in B-movies (1927-1973)
- Stephon Castle, American basketball player (born 2004)
- Michael Castle, American politician (1939–2025)
- John Castle, British actor (b. 1940)
- Darrell Castle, American politician
- William Ernest Castle, American geneticist (1867–1962)
- Naomi Castle, Australian water polo player
- Mary Castle, actress (1931-1998)
- Dalton Castle, American professional and amateur wrestler
- Keith-Lee Castle, British actor

and 5 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Castillo, Casteel, Castelli, Castello, Castille, Castilla, Costley, Castelo, Castile, Castell, Castel, Castellanos.

## 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.