How common is the surname Castleberry?

8,210 people in the United States had the surname Castleberry in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,606 Americans. It ranked 4,326th of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Castleberry?

Castleberry is /ˈkæsəlˌbɛri/, 4 syllables.

Is the surname Castleberry getting more or less common?

More common. 7,984 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,210 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Castleberry

A surname, carried by 8,210 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkæsəlˌbɛri/ 4 syllables Soundex C234

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Castleberry is more common than 97.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,210 people named Castleberry in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 37,606 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,984.

#4,326

rank among US surnames

8,210

people in 2010

2.8

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #4,107)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,317	Ives	8,233	37,501
#4,318	Winfield	8,230	37,515
#4,319	Sprouse	8,229	37,519
#4,320	Kirkwood	8,227	37,528
#4,321	Mowery	8,226	37,533
#4,322	Ahern	8,221	37,556
#4,323	Rhea	8,219	37,565

Who is named Castleberry

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

81% of people named Castleberry identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Black (not Hispanic) 14%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Castleberry

Castleberry 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 Castleberry?: 8,210 people in the United States had the surname Castleberry in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,606 Americans. It ranked 4,326th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Castleberry?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Castleberry identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Castleberry?: Castleberry is /ˈkæsəlˌbɛri/, 4 syllables.
Is the surname Castleberry getting more or less common?: More common. 7,984 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,210 in 2010, up 2.8%.