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The Castellani surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 566 people carried this name — #38,948 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted. That is down 25% from 751 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Castellani surname

From castellano (“lord of the castle”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Castellani» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 1,447 people named Castellani 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.

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Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 831
Santa Fe 169
City of Buenos Aires 151
Córdoba 133
Santiago del Estero 50
Entre Ríos 36
Mendoza 35
Salta 30

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 830 people named Castellani.

155 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 48 départements, most often Corsica.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 155
Corsica 289
Bouches-du-Rhône 95
Paris 55
Alpes-Maritimes 49
Var 28
Meuse 22
Lot-et-Garonne 15
Meurthe-et-Moselle 12

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

213 people named Castellani live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Ticino 90
Zurich 27
Neuchâtel 22
Aargau 22
Vaud 15
Solothurn 10
Graubünden 9
Geneva 8

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

Who carried it

People named Castellani,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Lorenzo Castellani d. 1594 · teacher
  • Cesar Castellani d. 1905 · architect
  • Grazia Castellani 1350–1401 · diplomat
  • Pietro Niccolò Castellani 1450–1550 · translator
  • Castellano Castellani 1461–1519 · writer
  • Giuliano Castellani 1470–1543 · painter

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

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