da Castro Surname

1,931,261st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 93 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

da Castro Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

da Castro Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil861:2,489,23675,804
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

da Castro Last Name Facts

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

The surname da Castro is held by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name da Castro? popularity and diffusion

The surname da Castro is the 1,931,261st most frequent family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 78,360,709 people. da Castro is mostly found in The Americas, where 95 percent of da Castro are found; 95 percent are found in South America and 92 percent are found in Luso-South America.

The surname is most frequently used in Brazil, where it is borne by 86 people, or 1 in 2,489,236. In Brazil da Castro is most common in: São Paulo, where 12 percent live, Minas Gerais, where 12 percent live and Rio de Janeiro, where 9 percent live. Apart from Brazil this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 4 percent live and Angola, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
das Castro951/
de Castro89417,753/
di Castro89864/
do Castro8930/
Da-Castro891/
de Castros8451/
de Casstro845/
de Castrro844/
de Casttro843/
de Caastro843/
de Caustro842/
de Casdtro841/
de Castrop841/
de Castroi841/
de Castroa841/
de Catro8263/
De-Castro7838/
de Costro789/
de Castra786/
da Costra785/
de Kastro784/
Di-Castro782/
de Cadtro782/
de Sastro781/
de Caatro781/
de Catros781/
de Caztro781/
de Cotro711/
De-Kastro674/
do Coutro672/
da Quatra671/
de Coutro671/
de Quatro569/
di Quatro561/
di Quattro53605/
de Quattro53308/
de Quatros533/
de Cottreau502/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 da Castro
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