Castella Surname
Approximately 7,637 people bear this surname
Castella Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 2,942 | 1:15,891 | 1,808 |
| France | 1,379 | 1:48,167 | 6,238 |
| Switzerland | 1,236 | 1:6,645 | 1,058 |
| Argentina | 642 | 1:66,579 | 5,705 |
| United States | 362 | 1:1,001,268 | 73,991 |
| Italy | 242 | 1:252,714 | 33,826 |
| Brazil | 200 | 1:1,070,372 | 37,537 |
| Cuba | 91 | 1:126,623 | 3,378 |
| Portugal | 85 | 1:122,568 | 5,627 |
| Denmark | 77 | 1:73,308 | 7,251 |
| Andorra | 63 | 1:1,331 | 231 |
| Australia | 53 | 1:509,353 | 38,491 |
| Mexico | 49 | 1:2,533,188 | 21,064 |
| Canada | 38 | 1:969,621 | 73,252 |
| Germany | 25 | 1:3,220,218 | 147,383 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| Venezuela | 19 | 1:1,589,688 | 20,788 |
| Uruguay | 13 | 1:263,981 | 18,914 |
| Philippines | 11 | 1:9,203,475 | 207,772 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| El Salvador | 8 | 1:792,986 | 3,584 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Chile | 5 | 1:3,523,295 | 39,650 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Costa Rica | 5 | 1:956,014 | 6,058 |
| Peru | 5 | 1:6,356,825 | 38,776 |
| Colombia | 4 | 1:11,943,518 | 26,735 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Vatican City | 1 | 1:117 | 4 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 15 | 1:1,625,025 | 53,310 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 107 | 1:469,333 | 33,530 |
The alternate forms: Castellà (103), Castellá (52) & Castellã (3) are calculated separately.
Castella (312) may also be a first name.
Castella Demographics
Average Male Castella Height
174.55 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Castella Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Castella Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Castella (Arabic: كاستيلا) is borne by more people in Spain than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Castellà, Castellá or Castellã. Click here for further potential spellings of Castella.
How Common Is The Last Name Castella? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 65,367th most numerous last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 954,242 people. Castella occurs predominantly in Europe, where 79 percent of Castella are found; 44 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 40 percent are found in Iberian Europe. It is also the 497,456th most commonly held forename at a global level, borne by 312 people.
Castella is most commonly held in Spain, where it is carried by 2,942 people, or 1 in 15,891. In Spain Castella is primarily found in: Catalonia, where 81 percent live, Valencian Community, where 14 percent live and Balearic Islands, where 2 percent live. Other than Spain it occurs in 46 countries. It is also found in France, where 18 percent live and Switzerland, where 16 percent live.
Castella Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Castella has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Castella surname grew 338 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 167 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Castella Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Castella surname are 10.86% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.63% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Castella earn in different countries varies significantly. In Colombia they earn 16.78% less than the national average, earning $18,893,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 10.3% more than the national average, earning $47,593 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.71% less than the national average, earning $49,328 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Castella Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Castella in the Arabic language | ||
| كاستيلا | kastyla | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Castella
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