Castle Family History
Castle Name Meaning
English: topographic name from Anglo-Norman French, Middle English
castel ‘castle’, ‘fortified building or set of buildings’,
especially the residence of a feudal lord (Late Latin
castellum, a diminutive of castrum ‘fort’, ‘Roman walled
city’). The name would also have denoted a servant who lived and
worked at such a place.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Castle Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Castle families
 164 - 325  55 - 163 |
 1 - 54  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Castle families
|
708 - 1,414 237 - 707 |
1 - 236 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Castle families
|
24 - 46 9 - 23 |
1 - 8 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Castle census records
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Castle Family Origin
Castle Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Castle
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Castle Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Castle census records
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Castle Civil War Service Records
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