Castell surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Castell surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 939 people carried this name — #26,086 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 312,500 people counted. That is down 6% from 999 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 629 people named Castell live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 325
Entre Ríos 100
Santa Fe 86
Mendoza 40
City of Buenos Aires 33
Córdoba 19
La Pampa 16
Chubut 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 297 people named Castell.

65 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Pyrénées-Orientales.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 65
Pyrénées-Orientales 39
Haute-Garonne 32
Hérault 28
Lot-et-Garonne 18
Gers 17
Paris 14
Var 12
Nord 11

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the Nordic population registers

122 people named Castell is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 122

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

Who carried it

People named Castell,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Robert Castell d. 1729 · architect
  • Robert Castell d. 1436 · politician
  • Diethelm von Castell d. 1343
  • Wilhelm II of Castell 1415–1479 · aristocrat
  • Count Friedrich IV of Castell 1435–1498 · aristocrat
  • Georg I. zu Castell 1467–1506 · aristocrat

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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