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The CASTRO surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 133,254 194 0.049 494
United States (1880 census) 1,109 5013 0.002 22
Change since 1880 +132145 +4819 +0.047 +472
Other Countries
Australia 553 2918 0.003 34
United Kingdom 0 0
Top States for CASTRO by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 39,948 62 0.118 1,179
Texas 21,117 114 0.101 1,013
Florida 13,277 137 0.083 831
New York 9,315 169 0.049 491
New Jersey 5,288 119 0.063 628
Top States for CASTRO by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 39,948 62 0.118 1,179
Arizona 5,215 90 0.102 1,016
Texas 21,117 114 0.101 1,013
Nevada 1,966 97 0.098 984
Florida 13,277 137 0.083 831

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called CASTRO live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called CASTRO represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called CASTRO in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a CASTRO by picking someone at random in California than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of CASTRO

Region of origin: Europe

Country of origin: Spain

Language of origin: Spanish

Ethnic origin: Iberian

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the CASTRO surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the CASTRO surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of CASTRO in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 879 0.66
Native American/Alaskan 400 0.3
White (Hispanic) 113,959 85.52
White (Caucasian) 11,620 8.72
Asian/Pacific 5,104 3.83
Mixed Race 1,293 0.97

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the CASTRO surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of CASTRO in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of CASTRO.

Similar names to CASTRO

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as CASTRO.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for CASTRO

The following words are slight variants of CASTRO that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.