Nicastro is used as a family name or surname in Argentina. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Nicastro
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Argentina
Meaning: It is in Sicily that Italian name is most prevalent. Variant rare: Nicastri. It means one who is from Nicastro, Calabria town in the province of Catanzaro (since 1968, it is part of the municipality of Lamezia Terme). Toponym meaning: the new fort (Greek medieval "neòkastron").

How popular is Nicastro?

Nicastro is common in Argentina.

Nicastro is ranked 37984 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Nicastro bearers increased by 1.756051 per cent in 2010 US census to 2144 since 2000, the surname slipped by 764 spots and ranked at 14046. The last name was found in around 7 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.84 95.92
Hispanic or Latino 4.43 2.33
Black 0.56 0.33
Others 0.51 1.14
Nicastro is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Italy which signifies that it is originated from Italy. Around 12942 people have been found who wears Nicastro as their family name. Nicastro is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
720,003 Russia4
4,554 Guatemala3
40,256 Mexico2
20,595 China2
20,837 Venezuela2
1,313 United States Virgin Islands2
49,101 Denmark1
37,493 Austria1
3,586 Honduras1
15,162 Costa Rica1
17,575 Kuwait1
118,015 Netherlands1
38,841 Scotland1
19,533 Uruguay1
77,122 Sweden1
14,644 Tunisia1
9,498 Iceland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
41,256 Australia50
45,082 Spain45
21,901 Chile27
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
29,438 Belgium52
Countries with hundreds of Nicastro:
14,400 Canada261
40,824 France245
8,235 Switzerland144
71,225 Germany134
37,308 England113
Countries with thousands of Nicastro:
1,606 Italy5,543
13,150 United States2,632
7,328 Brazil1,908
2,797 Argentina1,762
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Farmer A. Nicastro from Italy aboard the Alexandria from Mediterranean Ports. He is registered to be 12 years old when he arrived in New York on September 6, 1884. A. Nicastro, aged 50, Laborer A. Nicastro, 8 years old Alfonso Nicastro, Alfredo Nicastro, Peasant Angela Nicastro, Angela Nicastro (30) Housewife, Angela Nicastro (1 month old), Angela-Maria Nicastro, aged 29, and 149 other Nicastro around 37.58% of whom were laborer while others worked as peasant and housewife, barber, shoemaker, daughter, fisherman, mason, day worker, country woman, country man, housekeeper, sailor, tailor, journeyman migrated to US from Naples, Marseilles & Naples and Genoa.

Nicastro Namesakes

  • Michelle Nicastro, Actress
  • Michelle Nicastro, Actress
  • Michelle Nicastro, Actress
  • Michelle Nicastro, Actress
  • Michelle Nicastro, Actress
  • Michelle Nicastro, Actress
  • Nicklas Wikström Nicastro, Film producer

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