Castro

See also: castro, castró, and castrò

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Castro. The neighborhood is named after Californio politician José Castro (1808–1860).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkæstɹoʊ/

Proper noun

Castro

1. A surname from Spanish.
2. A neighborhood of San Francisco, California, known for its LGBT community.

Derived terms

• Castrism
• Castrist
• Castro clone
• Castroist
• Castroite
• Castrophile

Translations

surname​

Armenian: Կաստրո (Kastro) Chinese: Mandarin: 卡斯特羅 / 卡斯特罗 (zh) (Kǎsītèluó) Greek: Κάστρο (el) (Kástro) Portuguese: Castro (pt) Russian: Ка́стро (ru) (Kástro) Spanish: Castro (es)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Castro is the 138^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 184,134 individuals. Castro is most common among Hispanic/Latino (87.42%) individuals.

Further reading

• Castro on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Castro District, San Francisco on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Castor, Cators, Croats, acrost, actors, castor, co-star, costar, scroat, scrota, tarocs

Galician

Etymology

From castro.

Proper noun

Castro ?

1. a habitational surname

Pangasinan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Cas‧tro
• IPA^(key): /ˈkastɾo/, [ˈkas.tɾo]

Proper noun

Castro

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