Castro is a Castilian surname popular in Spanish and Portuguese countries, coming from Latin castrum , meaning a castle or fortress. Its English equivalent is Chester.
Castro is a Castilian surname popular in Spanish and Portuguese countries, coming from Latin castrum , meaning a castle or fortress. Its English equivalent is Chester.
As of 2014, 19.2% of all known bearers of the surname Castro were residents of Mexico (frequency 1:254), 12.0% of Colombia (1:157), 10.0% of Brazil (1:801), 6.8% of the Philippines (1:583), 6.3% of the United States (1:2,249), 5.2% of Argentina (1:325), 4.8% of Peru (1:261), 4.7% of Spain (1:387), 4.0% of Venezuela (1:299), 3.9% of Chile (1:179), 3.0% of Ecuador (1:206), 2.6% of Honduras (1:134), 2.4% of Guatemala (1:269), 2.0% of Costa Rica (1:93), 1.8% of Cuba (1:251), 1.7% of Nicaragua (1:141), 1.5% of Bolivia (1:276), 1.5% of El Salvador (1:165), 1.5% of Portugal (1:278), 1.4% of the Dominican Republic (1:297) and 1.1% of Mozambique (1:1,011).
In Spain, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:387) in the following autonomous communities:
In Costa Rica, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:93) in the following provinces: [1]
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