de Castella Surname

1,907,068th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 95 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

de Castella Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Castella 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
Australia691:391,24231,907
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
England101:5,571,806158,774
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

de Castella Last Name Facts

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

de Castella occurs in Australia more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name de Castella? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,907,068th most prevalent surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 76,711,010 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 73 percent of de Castella live; 73 percent live in Australasia and 73 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

de Castella is most numerous in Australia, where it is held by 69 people, or 1 in 391,242. In Australia it is most frequent in: Victoria, where 91 percent live, Australian Capital Territory, where 7 percent live and New South Wales, where 1 percent live. Besides Australia this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 11 percent live and England, where 11 percent live.

de Castella Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of de Castella has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the de Castella last name rose 1,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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
de Castellaz968/
de Catella954/
de Castilla91515/
de Castelli9198/
de Castello9191/
de Castelly911/
de Castellet8728/
de Castellett831/
de Castillo82578/
da Castello8213/
de Costello822/
de Castille822/
de Costilla821/
de Castilli821/
de Castle804/
de Castilllo783/
de Castillos782/
des Castillo782/
de Castillio781/
de Castlho764/
de Coustillas755/
di Castillo734/
de Castlhos732/
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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 de Castella
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