Meaning and formation
Castro is probably connected with Latin castra, “military camp”. The Spanish surname has a possible place-word origin, and Castro is listed on printed page 29 of the 1849 Philippine Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.
Dictionary pronunciation
- Spanish: /ˈkastɾo/ · 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.
- castro · page 29 · column 4 · row 18 · Transcription ↗ · Digitized edition ↗
Public figures with this surname
Elected officials in the 2001 list
Castro has 25 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