Castro

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Castro is a prominent Cuban family name most famously associated with revolutionary leaders Fidel and Raúl Castro.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Castro canonical 19
Castro family 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Galician-language surname
Spanish-language surname
family name
associatedWithCountry Cuba
associatedWithHistoricalEventThroughBearers Cuban Revolution
surface form: Cuban Revolution (1953–1959)
associatedWithIdeologyThroughBearers Marxism–Leninism
communism
associatedWithPoliticalFigure Fidel Castro
Raúl Castro
associatedWithPoliticalMovement Cuban Revolution
associatedWithStateThroughBearers Cuba
surface form: Republic of Cuba
category Galician-language surnames
Spanish-language surnames
Surnames of Galician origin
Surnames of Spanish origin
derivedFrom Latin word "castrum"
etymologyRoot Proto-Indo-European *kes- (to cut)
hasFeminineFormInPortuguese Castro self-link
hasLanguageOfOrigin Galician language
surface form: Galician

Spanish
hasMasculineFormInPortuguese Castro self-link
hasMeaning castle
fortress
hasNotableBearer Aleida Guevara
surface form: Aleida Guevara (by maternal line)

Fidel Castro
Juanita Castro
Lidia Castro
surface form: Lidia Esther Castro Ruz

Mariela Castro
Ramón Castro
surface form: Ramón Castro Ruz

Raúl Castro
Vilma Espín
surface form: Vilma Espín (by marriage)
hasNotablePoliticalDynasty Castro family of Cuba
hasRegionOfOrigin Iberian Peninsula
hasVariant Castro de
Del Castro
de Castro
isCommonInRegion Canary Islands
Galicia
Latin America
northern Portugal
surface form: Northern Portugal
isToponymic true
usedAs surname
usedInCountry Argentina
Cuba
Mexico
Portugal
Spain
United States of America
surface form: United States

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ramón Castro familyName Castro
Enma Castro familyName Castro
Enma Castro memberOf Castro
this entity surface form: Castro family
Juanita Castro familyName Castro
Fidel Castro family farmstead ownedBy Castro
this entity surface form: Castro family
Roland Castro familyName Castro
Castro hasFeminineFormInPortuguese Castro self-link
Castro hasMasculineFormInPortuguese Castro self-link
José Castro familyName Castro
Mariela Castro familyName Castro
Joaquin Castro familyName Castro
Enrique Castro familyName Castro
Lidia Castro familyName Castro
Emma Castro familyName Castro