Castelo

See also: castelo

English

Proper noun

Castelo (plural Castelos)

1. A surname from Galician.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Castelo is the 18899^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1445 individuals. Castelo is most common among Hispanic/Latino (65.4%), Asian/Pacific Islander (16.47%), and White (15.22%) individuals.

Anagrams

• talcose, to scale, ale-cost, lactose, scotale, coletas, locates, alecost, Lacoste, scatole, to-scale

Galician

Etymology

From castelo (“castle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kasˈtɛlo̝/

Proper noun

Castelo m

1. the name of a large number of hamlets and villages throughout Galicia
2. a parish of Culleredo, A Coruña, Galicia
3. a parish of Trazo, A Coruña, Galicia
4. a parish of Cervo, Lugo, Galicia
5. a parish of Taboada, Lugo, Galicia
6. Castelo de Pallares (a parish of Guntín, Lugo, Galicia)
7. Castelo de Rei (a parish of Outeiro de Rei, Lugo, Galicia)
8. a parish of Cervantes, Lugo, Galicia
9. Castelo de Somoza (a parish of O Incio, Lugo, Galicia)
10. Castelo dos Infantes (a parish of Sarria, Lugo, Galicia)
11. a toponymical surname

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “Castelo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “Castelo” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “Castelo” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.