Castellanos Surname

1,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 339,746 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Honduras

Castellanos Surname User-submission:

This surname refers to someone born in Castilla, Spain.

Castellanos Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico104,2921:1,190184
Colombia55,4781:861183
Venezuela33,4211:904174
Honduras32,9471:26856
Guatemala25,1671:639112
United States24,4271:14,8381,863
Cuba22,2521:51889
Spain14,1961:3,293393
El Salvador5,8551:1,083214
Dominican Republic5,5541:1,878285
Argentina5,0231:8,510840
Peru3,0741:10,3401,461
Ecuador2,6691:5,959977
Belize1,0241:34752
Bolivia9971:10,6481,138
Uruguay6211:5,526628
France4061:163,60325,496
Chile4051:43,4972,082
Nicaragua3981:15,128868
Canada3831:96,20310,471
Brazil3691:580,14721,655
Australia1241:217,70720,896
Panama821:47,7102,355
England811:687,87739,238
Costa Rica681:70,2951,386
Germany601:1,341,75884,137
Thailand421:1,681,865216,672
Puerto Rico371:95,9501,567
Sweden371:266,12918,422
Switzerland301:273,76422,252
Netherlands191:888,79962,169
Aruba181:5,749789
Italy181:3,397,594101,426
Norway161:321,39331,311
New Zealand141:323,45226,435
Denmark111:513,15632,022
Andorra111:7,6221,167
United Arab Emirates101:916,22736,116
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Paraguay71:1,033,8219,769
Belgium71:1,642,37898,400
Israel61:1,426,27275,466
Czechia61:1,772,245105,647
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Congo31:1,663,03227,638
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
China31:455,773,85521,925
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Cyprus31:294,9598,690
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Iceland11:380,09011,096
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Dominica11:75,891912
Eritrea11:4,751,901911
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Macau11:601,6301,582
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States271:1,859,95194,590

The alternate forms: Castellaños (4) are calculated separately.

Castellanos (156) may also be a first name.

Castellanos Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname refers to someone born in Castilla, Spain.

- edith03castel

Castellanos Last Name Facts

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

The surname Castellanos is more frequently found in Mexico than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as: Castellaños. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Castellanos? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,600th most frequent family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 21,450 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 95 percent of Castellanos are found; 38 percent are found in North America and 31 percent are found in Hispano-North America. It is also the 735,679th most prevalent forename worldwide, borne by 156 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Mexico, where it is carried by 104,292 people, or 1 in 1,190. In Mexico Castellanos is mostly found in: Jalisco, where 18 percent reside, Chiapas, where 13 percent reside and Oaxaca, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Mexico it is found in 88 countries. It is also common in Colombia, where 16 percent reside and Venezuela, where 10 percent reside.

Castellanos Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Castellanos has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Castellanos last name rose 90,470 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Castellanos Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Castellanos last name are 41.48% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 94.71% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Castellanos earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 37.04% less than the national average, earning 217,896 kr per year; in Peru they earn 46.25% more than the national average, earning S/. 28,350 per year; in Colombia they earn 6.58% more than the national average, earning $24,196,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 9.91% less than the national average, earning $38,873 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.63% more than the national average, earning $52,976 CAD per year.

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Castellanos Reference & Research

Castillo DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Castillo FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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