Castro Family History
Castro Name Meaning
Galician, Portuguese, Italian, and Jewish (Sephardic): topographic
name from castro ‘castle’, ‘fortress’ (Latin castrum
‘fort’, ‘Roman walled city’): in Galicia and also in northern Portugal
a habitational name from any of various places named with this word;
in Italy either a topographic name or a habitational name.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Castro Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Castro families
 292 - 582  98 - 291 |
 1 - 97  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Castro families
|
31 - 59 11 - 30 |
1 - 10 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Castro last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Castro census records
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Castro Family Origin
Castro Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Castro
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Castro Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Castro census records
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Castro Civil War Service Records
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