de Castro Surname

1,282nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 417,753 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Vatican City

de Castro Surname Definition:

"Castro" comes from the latin "castrum" and refers to a fortified camp.

See Castro.

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de 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
Brazil302,2721:70892
Philippines53,9861:1,875125
Angola28,1981:957164
Spain9,9551:4,696585
Mozambique6,1801:4,4111,010
France3,1671:20,9732,439
Dominican Republic2,7501:3,794437
Portugal2,2651:4,600499
United States1,2551:288,81226,828
Italy1,1851:51,6099,269
Argentina9631:44,3863,744
Venezuela7141:42,3032,267
South Africa5371:100,89012,215
Canada5091:72,3888,234
Uruguay4621:7,428826
Colombia4451:107,3573,757
Mexico3331:372,7517,627
Australia2381:113,42712,604
England2011:277,20421,667
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
Belgium1361:84,53413,247
São Tomé and Príncipe1341:1,324182
Ecuador1301:122,3536,626
Chile1011:174,4215,727
Switzerland991:82,9599,414
Puerto Rico941:37,767988
Netherlands821:205,94128,291
Panama771:50,8092,460
Thailand711:994,906151,495
Trinidad and Tobago711:19,2112,278
New Zealand681:66,59310,133
Guam581:2,761360
Suriname511:10,8362,716
Germany501:1,610,10995,088
Andorra461:1,823326
Guyana451:16,9382,216
Cape Verde441:12,037419
Israel441:194,49219,021
Jersey441:2,255383
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
Paraguay371:195,5883,664
British Virgin Islands271:1,170180
Malaysia261:1,134,39349,681
United Arab Emirates251:366,49122,886
Curaçao231:6,837197
Ireland221:214,0438,362
United States Virgin Islands211:5,256808
Cuba191:606,4595,830
Qatar191:124,10514,725
Costa Rica181:265,5592,987
Denmark171:332,04223,714
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Aruba141:7,3911,045
Iceland141:27,1492,069
Cameroon131:1,597,62187,539
El Salvador131:487,9912,918
Sweden121:820,56361,223
China111:124,301,9616,553
Hong Kong91:815,0543,802
India91:85,229,487684,495
Guatemala71:2,297,5246,613
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Antigua and Barbuda61:16,5281,436
Liechtenstein61:6,396809
Norway61:857,04855,549
Peru61:5,297,35436,458
Wales51:618,90625,852
Austria41:2,128,85991,203
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Gabon41:472,2983,618
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Libya41:1,560,9943,087
Luxembourg41:145,1366,519
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Oman41:921,9937,313
Cyprus31:294,9598,690
Macau31:200,543803
Namibia31:803,13415,170
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
Bolivia21:5,308,21712,400
Brunei21:209,3663,098
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Faroe Islands11:48,9982,049
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Malta11:430,2723,380
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Vatican City11:1174
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England231:1,059,79941,508
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States371:1,357,26274,323

de Castro (108) may also be a first name.

de Castro Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

"Castro" comes from the latin "castrum" and refers to a fortified camp.

See Castro.

— Spanish Surnames In The Southwestern United States (1978) by Richard Donovon Woods

User-submitted Reference

The surname de Castro belongs to a Sephardic Jewish family of Portuguese origin. It is an Iberian Christian surname, adopted by some Portuguese and Spanish Jews after the forced conversions of the late 15th and early 16th centuries. It means 'from castle'.

- dcstr
DNA test information
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de Castro Demographics

Average de Castro Salary in
United States

$68,890 USD

Per year
Rank:
113,965 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000174476
Rank: 47,525 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
159.65%
Sample size: 216 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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de Castro Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Castro occurs more in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

This last name is the 1,282nd most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 17,445 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 74 percent of de Castro reside; 73 percent reside in South America and 72 percent reside in Luso-South America. It is also the 904,892nd most common first name in the world, held by 108 people.

de Castro is most numerous in Brazil, where it is borne by 302,272 people, or 1 in 708. In Brazil it is most frequent in: São Paulo, where 20 percent live, Minas Gerais, where 18 percent live and Rio de Janeiro, where 11 percent live. Apart from Brazil this last name occurs in 115 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 13 percent live and Angola, where 7 percent live.

de Castro Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of de Castro has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the de Castro last name rose 3,392 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 874 percent between 1881 and 2014.

de Castro Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de Castro earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 31.13% less than the national average, earning €20,683 per year; in Peru they earn 42.13% more than the national average, earning S/. 27,551 per year; in South Africa they earn 64.66% more than the national average, earning R 391,284 per year; in Colombia they earn 22.17% more than the national average, earning $27,735,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 59.66% more than the national average, earning $68,890 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.69% less than the national average, earning $48,843 CAD per year.

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 Castros9551/
de Casstro955/
de Castrro954/
de Casttro953/
de Caastro953/
de Caustro952/
de Castrop951/
de Castroi951/
de Casdtro951/
de Castroa951/
de Catro9463/
di Castro89864/
da Castro8993/
De-Castro8938/
de Costro899/
de Castra896/
de Kastro894/
de Cadtro892/
de Catros891/
de Caatro891/
de Caztro891/
de Sastro891/
de Cotro821/
de Quatro789/
De-Kastro784/
Di-Castro782/
de Coutro781/
Da-Castro781/
de Quattro74308/
de Quatros743/
da Costra675/
de Quatra671/
di Quatro671/
di Quattro63605/
de Cottreau602/
da Quatra561/
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