Gastelum Surname

13,280th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42,121 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Mexico

Gastelum Surname Definition:

Gastelu is a place in Larrabezua, Vizcaya, a Basque surname first documented in Tolosa, Guipúzcoa in 1346 meaning castle.

Gastelum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico36,5501:3,396464
United States5,4811:66,1307,719
Puerto Rico531:66,9841,326
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Honduras31:2,938,8147,190
Nicaragua31:2,007,0306,490
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Guam11:160,1214,893
France11:66,422,722504,397
England11:55,718,059489,080
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Gastélum (135), Gastelúm (2) & Gastélúm (1) are calculated separately.

Gastelum (33) may also be a first name.

Gastelum Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Gastelu is a place in Larrabezua, Vizcaya, a Basque surname first documented in Tolosa, Guipúzcoa in 1346 meaning castle.

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

Gastelum Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gastelum is found most frequently in Mexico. It may be rendered as a variant: Gastélum, Gastelúm or Gastélúm. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gastelum? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 13,280th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 173,015 people. The last name Gastelum occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Gastelum are found; 100 percent are found in North America and 87 percent are found in Hispano-North America. It is also the 1,807,719th most prevalent first name on earth. It is borne by 33 people.

It is most frequently used in Mexico, where it is carried by 36,550 people, or 1 in 3,396. In Mexico it is most numerous in: Sinaloa, where 47 percent reside, Sonora, where 29 percent reside and Baja California, where 13 percent reside. Barring Mexico Gastelum is found in 19 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent reside and Puerto Rico, where 0 percent reside.

Gastelum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Gastelum has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gastelum last name increased 548,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gastelum Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Gastelum last name are 41.53% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 94.76% registered to vote for the political party.

Gastelum earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 16.18% less than the national average, earning $36,169 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gastélum96135/
Gastelúm962/
Gaastelum942/
Gastelumm941/
Gasteloum941/
Gasteslum941/
Gastelium941/
Gatelum9312/
Gastélúm921/
Gastelun8858/
Gaztelum888/
Gastelom887/
Gastalum883/
Gastilum882/
Gostelum881/
Gestelum881/
Gastolum881/
Gastelon7520/
Goutelon503/

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