CASTELLO Origin of surname
CASTELLO, CASTELO
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name is a toponymic (derived from a geographic name of a town, city, region or country). Surnames that are based on place names do not always testify to direct origin from that place, but may indicate an indirect relation between the name-bearer or his ancestors and the place, such as birth place, temporary residence, trade, or family-relatives. The meaning of the Italian Castello and the Spanish Castillo is castle. As a Jewish family name, Castello, the Italian for "castle", is associated with several place names in Italy, the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa. Castellazo Bormida and Castellacio Da Asola, near Mantua, are situated in north Italy. Castiel, a Spanish variant for "castle", is one of the old names of Castile, central Spain, and also of a city in Tunisia which had a flourishing Jewish community in the Roman era. Another city with a name linked to Castle is Castelo Branco, in central Portugal, which had a strong Jewish community up to the end of the 15th century and became an important Crypto-Jewish center, and Castellon De La Plana, also called Castellon De Buriana, in the Spanish province of Valencia, had a Jewish community since the 13th/14th century.
Distinguished bearers of the Jewish family name Castello include the 17th century Spanish poet Jacob (Antonio) Castello, also known as Castillo, Castelo and Castilo, who lived in the Netherlands, and the Italian rabbi and Hebrew poet Abrajham Isaak Castello (1726-1789) .
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name is a toponymic (derived from a geographic name of a town, city, region or country). Surnames that are based on place names do not always testify to direct origin from that place, but may indicate an indirect relation between the name-bearer or his ancestors and the place, such as birth place, temporary residence, trade, or family-relatives. The meaning of the Italian Castello and the Spanish Castillo is castle. As a Jewish family name, Castello, the Italian for "castle", is associated with several place names in Italy, the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa. Castellazo Bormida and Castellacio Da Asola, near Mantua, are situated in north Italy. Castiel, a Spanish variant for "castle", is one of the old names of Castile, central Spain, and also of a city in Tunisia which had a flourishing Jewish community in the Roman era. Another city with a name linked to Castle is Castelo Branco, in central Portugal, which had a strong Jewish community up to the end of the 15th century and became an important Crypto-Jewish center, and Castellon De La Plana, also called Castellon De Buriana, in the Spanish province of Valencia, had a Jewish community since the 13th/14th century.
Distinguished bearers of the Jewish family name Castello include the 17th century Spanish poet Jacob (Antonio) Castello, also known as Castillo, Castelo and Castilo, who lived in the Netherlands, and the Italian rabbi and Hebrew poet Abrajham Isaak Castello (1726-1789) .