Castilla Surname
Approximately 61,194 people bear this surname
Castilla Surname Definition:
The latin "castellum" also meant "a fort." Castilla could be a female occupant. A town in the Piura department of northwest Peru.
Popular surname found in Castile. Some historians trace origin to casa de Vevero of mountains of Santander.
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| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 16,309 | 1:2,929 | 516 |
| Spain | 16,073 | 1:2,909 | 346 |
| Peru | 8,171 | 1:3,890 | 638 |
| Mexico | 7,487 | 1:16,579 | 1,391 |
| Philippines | 3,141 | 1:32,231 | 4,732 |
| United States | 2,285 | 1:158,625 | 16,173 |
| Argentina | 2,217 | 1:19,280 | 1,635 |
| Venezuela | 1,988 | 1:15,193 | 1,222 |
| Nicaragua | 715 | 1:8,421 | 657 |
| Cuba | 650 | 1:17,727 | 1,168 |
| France | 383 | 1:173,427 | 27,010 |
| Chile | 335 | 1:52,586 | 2,343 |
| Brazil | 178 | 1:1,202,665 | 41,567 |
| Uruguay | 177 | 1:19,388 | 2,210 |
| Ecuador | 173 | 1:91,941 | 5,993 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Dominican Republic | 169 | 1:61,733 | 3,013 |
| Guatemala | 81 | 1:198,551 | 3,805 |
| Canada | 58 | 1:635,269 | 52,014 |
| Australia | 57 | 1:473,609 | 36,415 |
| Panama | 54 | 1:72,449 | 3,088 |
| Indonesia | 50 | 1:2,644,984 | 153,918 |
| Costa Rica | 31 | 1:154,196 | 2,192 |
| Germany | 31 | 1:2,596,950 | 129,424 |
| England | 30 | 1:1,857,269 | 74,552 |
| Switzerland | 24 | 1:342,205 | 26,446 |
| Netherlands | 23 | 1:734,225 | 57,169 |
| Sweden | 19 | 1:518,250 | 37,550 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| Belize | 10 | 1:35,547 | 2,218 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Paraguay | 8 | 1:904,593 | 9,127 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Honduras | 7 | 1:1,259,492 | 5,127 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 4 | 1:935,804 | 21,348 |
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 81 | 1:619,984 | 41,330 |
The alternate forms: Castillá (1) are calculated separately.
Castilla (76) may also be a first name.
Castilla Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
The latin "castellum" also meant "a fort." Castilla could be a female occupant. A town in the Piura department of northwest Peru.
Popular surname found in Castile. Some historians trace origin to casa de Vevero of mountains of Santander. Name of two most prominent historical areas or provinces in Spain, derives from latin "castellum" - castle. After fall of Rome and during period of Visigoths, nearly every town or village of any importance had fortification or castle for protection, found throughout Europe especially southern France and Spain.
Castilian name of a bastard line from King don Pedro I of Castile and doña Isabel de Sandoval.
See Castillo, Castillos, Del Castillo.
Castilla Demographics
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Castilla Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Castilla Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Castilla is carried by more people in Colombia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Castillá. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Castilla? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 9,262nd most frequently held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 119,089 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 67 percent of Castilla live; 48 percent live in South America and 30 percent live in Caribbean South America. Castilla is also the 1,107,702nd most commonly held given name in the world. It is borne by 76 people.
The surname Castilla is most widespread in Colombia, where it is borne by 16,309 people, or 1 in 2,929. In Colombia Castilla is most numerous in: Bolívar Department, where 33 percent live, Cesar Department, where 16 percent live and Atlántico Department, where 11 percent live. Excluding Colombia this last name is found in 64 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 26 percent live and Peru, where 13 percent live.
Castilla Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Castilla has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 2,821 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 1,500 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it declined 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Castilla Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Castilla last name are 41.6% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 94.83% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Castilla earn in different countries varies notably. In Peru they earn 21.05% less than the national average, earning S/. 15,304 per year; in Colombia they earn 16.9% less than the national average, earning $18,865,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 11.94% less than the national average, earning $37,997 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.64% more than the national average, earning $50,002 CAD per year.
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