Origin and formation
De Castro is a Spanish surname formed with de and Castro. The family name Castro refers to a castle or a place named for a castle. Adding de gives a form referring to a place called Castro. The two words remain separate in the Philippine surname. Manuel “Noli” Leuterio de Castro is a Philippine bearer, known for broadcasting and for serving as vice president from 2004 to 2010. His full name keeps Leuterio before the family name de Castro, including the surname particle de.
Dictionary pronunciation
- Tagalog: /de ˈkastɾo/ · Wiktionary ↗
- Spanish: /de ˈkastɾo/ · Wiktionary ↗
Public figures with this surname
Elected officials in the 2001 list
De Castro has 9 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