Castillo (surname)

Castillo is a Spanish surname meaning "castle".

People

Notable people with the surname include:

Actors, singers, musicians

Military figures

Baseball

Basketball

  • Liset Castillo (born 1973), Cuban basketball player
  • Sauce Castillo, nickname of Canadian basketball player Nik Stauskas (born 1993)

Boxing

Football (soccer)

Other sports

Painters, sculptors

Politicians

Writers, novelists, poets

Others

  • Sonny Villorente Castillo (born 1972) 2nd Place Special Professional Licensure Examination 2019 (Score:83.75%) (SPLE)

Fictional characters

  • Eden and Cruz Castillo, couple on the American soap opera Santa Barbara
  • Violetta Castillo, main character in the Disney series "Violetta".
  • Jimena Castillo, from Daughters of the Moon (book series)
  • Laurel Castillo, character from ‘’How to Get Away with Murder’’
  • Lt. Martin Castillo, from Miami Vice
  • Richard Castillo, Star Trek character
  • Zoë Castillo, character from the computer game Dreamfall: The Longest Journey

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 24.8% of all known bearers of the surname Castillo were residents of Mexico (frequency 1:191), 9.4% Venezuela (1:122), 8.1% of the Philippines (1:479), 7.6% of the United States (1:1,813), 7.3% of Colombia (1:249), 6.6% of Peru (1:184), 4.1% of Chile (1:164), 4.1% of the Dominican Republic (1:98), 4.0% of Argentina (1:413), 3.6% of Guatemala (1:172), 3.4% of Spain (1:530), 2.8% of Cuba (1:158), 2.5% of Panama (1:61), 2.3% of Ecuador (1:267), 2.2% of Honduras (1:152), 2.1% of Nicaragua (1:109), 1.3% of El Salvador (1:180) and 1.2% of Costa Rica (1:152).

In Spain, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:530) in the following autonomous communities:

In Panama, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:61) in the following provinces:

In the United States, the frequency of Castillo was higher than national average (1:1,813) in the following states:[1]

See also

References

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