Castillo

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English

Proper noun

Castillo

  1. A habitational surname from Spanish, from Spanish castillo (“castle”).
    • 1989, Oscar Hijuelos, The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 4:
      Standing in her entrance, two men in white silk suits and butterfly-looking lace bow ties, black instrument cases by their side and black-brimmed white hats in their hands–my father, Nestor Castillo, thin and broad-shouldered, and Uncle Cesar, thickset and immense.
  2. A surname from French, a rare variant of Castillon.

Alternative forms

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Castillo is the 93rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 230420 individuals. Castillo is most common among Hispanic/Latino (90.26%) individuals.

Anagrams

Aklanon

Etymology

From Spanish Castillo. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

Proper noun

Castillo

  1. a surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish Castillo

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Castillo. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Cas‧til‧lo
  • IPA(key): /kasˈtiljo/

Proper noun

Castillo

  1. a surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish Castillo

Ilocano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Castillo. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kasˈtiljo/
  • Hyphenation: Cas‧til‧lo

Proper noun

Castillo

  1. a common surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish Castillo, widespread across Ilocano-speaking areas

Ivatan

Etymology

From Spanish Castillo. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

Proper noun

Castillo

  1. a common surname from Spanish, most common in Batanes

Kapampangan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Castillo. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

Proper noun

Castillo

  1. a surname from Spanish

Pangasinan

Etymology

From Spanish Castillo. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Cas‧til‧lo
  • IPA(key): /kasˈtiljo/,

Proper noun

Castillo

  1. a common surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish Castillo

Spanish

Etymology

From castillo (“castle”).

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kasˈtiʝo/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /kasˈtiʎo/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kasˈtiʃo/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kasˈtiʒo/

 

  • Syllabification: Cas‧ti‧llo

Proper noun

Castillo m or f by sense

  1. a habitational surname

Descendants

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Castillo, from castillo. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos. Doublet of kastilyo.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Castillo (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜓ)

  1. a common surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish Castillo, common in the Philippines, widespread across Tagalog-speaking areas but most concentrated around Metro Manila, Batangas, Laguna, Bulacan and Cavite.
  2. A barangay of Padre Garcia, Batangas, Philippines

Derived terms

Waray-Waray

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Castillo. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

Proper noun

Castillo

  1. a common surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish Castillo
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