Castillo (surname)

Castillo is a Spanish surname meaning "castle".

People

Notable people with the surname include:

Actors, singers, musicians

Sports figures

Baseball

Basketball
  • Liset Castillo (born 1973), Cuban basketball player
  • Sauce Castillo, nickname of Canadian basketball player Nik Stauskas (born 1993)

Boxing

Football (soccer)

Other sports

Painters, sculptors

Politicians

Writers, novelists, poets

Others

Sonny Villorente Castillo (Born 1972) 2nd Place Special Professional Licensure Examination 2019 (Score:83.75%)(SPLE)

Fictional characters
  • Eden and Cruz Castillo, couple on the American soap opera Santa Barbara
  • Violetta Castillo, main character in the Disney series "Violetta".
  • Jimena Castillo, from Daughters of the Moon (book series)
  • Laurel Castillo, character from ‘’How to Get Away with Murder’’
  • Lt. Martin Castillo, from Miami Vice
  • Richard Castillo, Star Trek character
  • Zoë Castillo, character from the computer game Dreamfall: The Longest Journey

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 24.8% of all known bearers of the surname Castillo were residents of Mexico (frequency 1:191), 9.4% Venezuela (1:122), 8.1% of the Philippines (1:479), 7.6% of the United States (1:1,813), 7.3% of Colombia (1:249), 6.6% of Peru (1:184), 4.1% of Chile (1:164), 4.1% of the Dominican Republic (1:98), 4.0% of Argentina (1:413), 3.6% of Guatemala (1:172), 3.4% of Spain (1:530), 2.8% of Cuba (1:158), 2.5% of Panama (1:61), 2.3% of Ecuador (1:267), 2.2% of Honduras (1:152), 2.1% of Nicaragua (1:109), 1.3% of El Salvador (1:180) and 1.2% of Costa Rica (1:152).

In Spain, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:530) in the following autonomous communities:

In Panama, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:61) in the following provinces:

In the United States, the frequency of Castillo was higher than national average (1:1,813) in the following states:[1]

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See also

References
  1. Castillo surname distribution

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