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The kastel Surname

kastel Name Meaning and History

German: topographic name for someone living near a castle or fort, from Kastell ‘fort’, ‘citadel’ (Latin castellum). Equally, the surname could come from any of the numerous places in Germany so named (more usually written Kastell).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The kastel name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the kastel family name as far back in history as possible.

kastel Family Facts

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Distribution of kastel Families in the US in 1920
Number of kastel families
 7-11
 3-6		 1-2
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Seeking my Kastel family pictured in an old photograph. LeahPearson98 1
Michael Kastel and Mary Eisemhoeffer LeahPearson98 0
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Kastel/ Hetzel Linda 0
George F. Kastel George Dirgo 3
kASTEL familyI TERAJON 0
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