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The surname Castorena

A surname, carried by 4,759 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C236

Castorena: #7,031 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Castorena #7,031, 4,759 people Castorena: #7,031 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Castorena #7,031, 4,759 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Castorena is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,759 people named Castorena in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 64,876 Americans. That is up 41% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,377.

#7,031
rank among US surnames
4,759
people in 2010
1.6
per 100,000 Americans
+40.9%
change since 2000 (was #8,913)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#7,027Fears4,76264,835
#7,028Welton4,76164,849
#7,030Stotts4,76064,863
#7,031Castorena4,75964,876
#7,035Campuzano4,75864,890

Who is named Castorena

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

92% of people named Castorena identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.5% as white (not Hispanic).

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 92%
  • White (not Hispanic) 7.5%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
  • Two or more races 0.2%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Castorena

Castorena has the Soundex code C236, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C236.

Questions

How common is the surname Castorena?
4,759 people in the United States had the surname Castorena in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,876 Americans. It ranked 7,031st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Castorena?
In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Castorena identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.5% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Castorena getting more or less common?
More common. 3,377 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,759 in 2010, up 41%.