Belcastro Surname

91,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,205 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Falkland Islands

Belcastro Surname User-submission:

Belcastro is a toponymic surname, which comes from the name of a town in Calabria, Italy. It is a small town located in a high position the mountains near the city of Catanzaro. The town name itself derives from the late Latin words bellus, meaning 'beautiful', and castrum, meaning 'fort', 'military settlement'.

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Belcastro Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy2,2001:27,7984,966
United States1,6001:226,53721,882
Argentina4551:93,9427,929
France3341:198,87030,934
Canada3201:115,14212,242
Australia1541:175,29717,847
Brazil571:3,755,690104,031
Belgium251:459,86646,150
Switzerland111:746,62949,719
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Uruguay61:571,96026,877
England61:9,286,343223,652
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
French Polynesia41:70,2014,444
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Falkland Islands11:3,132317
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Chile11:17,616,47493,597

Belcastro Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Belcastro is a toponymic surname, which comes from the name of a town in Calabria, Italy. It is a small town located in a high position the mountains near the city of Catanzaro. The town name itself derives from the late Latin words bellus, meaning 'beautiful', and castrum, meaning 'fort', 'military settlement'. It could also derive from bellum, meaning 'war', and castrum.

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Belcastro Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Belcastro Come From? nationality or country of origin

Belcastro is found in Italy more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Belcastro? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 91,889th most frequently occurring surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 1,400,105 people. The last name Belcastro occurs mostly in Europe, where 50 percent of Belcastro live; 42 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 42 percent live in Italic Europe.

This surname is most widespread in Italy, where it is held by 2,200 people, or 1 in 27,798. In Italy Belcastro is most frequent in: Calabria, where 68 percent live, Lombardy, where 10 percent live and Lazio, where 7 percent live. Barring Italy this surname exists in 28 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 31 percent live and Argentina, where 9 percent live.

Belcastro Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Belcastro surname are 3.38% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50.15% being registered with the party.

The amount Belcastro earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Italy they earn 1.5% less than the national average, earning €29,581 per year; in United States they earn 12.15% more than the national average, earning $48,393 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.75% more than the national average, earning $56,019 CAD per year.

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