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Castro originated in Spain and the Spanish colonized around the world. So it could be someone from anywhere really.

"Definition: 1) One who lived at, or near, a castle or fortress 2)One from Castro, the name of over places in Spain. Found principally in Aragón, Castile and Catalonia.

Surname Origin: Spanish

Alternate Surname Spellings: CASTROE"

somewhere from like Italy or sumthing

lmfao, joke right?


Cuban
any Spanish nation.

italian?

cuban

spanish

From Puebla, Mexico.

I think it's Hispanic. Cuban, if I'm not mistaken..

Cuban , Puerto Rican

Spanish. I'm thinking of Fidel Castro from Cuba.

cuban

I'm thinking "castro" as in Fidel..so must be Cuban.

Are you serious, Cuban.

Mexican
Cuban
Brazilian
Columbia

i think it could be cuban?

any latin/spanish country . a proud name to have; Castro

Puertorican.

Wikipedia says it's a Romance language-based name that comes from the Latin word for "fortification."

Argentina !!!! ~~~~~~~

it does sound like it is Spanish.. tho'
good luck

The long ago ORIGIN of the name seems to be Spanish/ Hispanic. The PRESENT nationality is dependent on the individual branch, and where they live. Nationality has to do with where someone is a citizen of. Names (in themselves) don't have nationalities.
In other words... there isn't PRESENTLY only one place where you will find the name. Someone having the name MUST TRACE THEIR OWN ancestors, to find out where their family comes from.

This is what www.ancestry.com has to say about the name,
Castro
Galician, Portuguese, Italian, and Jewish (Sephardic): topographic name from castro ‘castle’, ‘fortress’ (Latin castrum ‘fort’, ‘Roman walled city’): in Galicia and also in northern Portugal a habitational name from any of various places named with this word; in Italy either a topographic name or a habitational name.
hope this helps.

It could be from any Spanish-speaking or Italian-speaking country. More likely a Spanish-speaking country, though.

Latin!!!!
Fidel Castro (Cuba) is a living legend and one of the Cold War's last surviving dictators.