Meaning and formation
Castillo is Spanish for “castle”, from the word castillo and ultimately Latin castellum. As a Spanish surname it can describe residence beside a castle or fortified building, or come from one of the places named Castillo. These are distinct ways in which the same castle word became a family name.
Dictionary pronunciation
- Tagalog: /kasˈtiljo/ · Wiktionary ↗
- Cebuano: /kasˈtiljo/ · Wiktionary ↗
- Spanish: /kasˈtiʝo/ · /kasˈtiʎo/ · /kasˈtiʃo/ · Wiktionary ↗
In the 1849 Catálogo transcription
The linked transcription records the following spelling and page position. Open the edition link to locate the printed page.
- castillo · page 29 · column 4 · row 6 · Transcription ↗ · Digitized edition ↗
Public figures with this surname
Elected officials in the 2001 list
Castillo has 41 records in the OpenHalalan transcription of the 2001 COMELEC elected-candidate lists.
OpenHalalan — 2001 ↗Contains information from OpenHalalan by Robert R. Leung, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0. ODbL 1.0 ↗ · Download surname counts