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    The surname Policastro

    An Italian surname, carried by 1,100 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex P422

    Policastro: #23,185 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Policastro #23,185, 1,100 people Policastro: #23,185 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Policastro #23,185, 1,100 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Policastro is more common than 85.7% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    Borrowed from Italian Policastro.

    One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,100 people named Policastro in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 280,678 Americans. That is down 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,114.

    #23,185
    rank among US surnames
    1,100
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.3%
    change since 2000 (was #21,776)

    Who is named Policastro

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

    96% of people named Policastro identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • Two or more races 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Policastro come from?
    Borrowed from Italian Policastro.
    How common is the surname Policastro?
    1,100 people in the United States had the surname Policastro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 280,678 Americans. It ranked 23,185th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Policastro?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Policastro identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Policastro getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,114 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,100 in 2010, down 1.3%.