Nicastro

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Nicastro.

Proper noun

Nicastro (plural Nicastros)

1. A surname from Italian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Nicastro is the 14046^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2144 individuals. Nicastro is most common among White (93.84%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Nicastro”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 665.

Anagrams

• carotins, Cortinas, castorin, anticors, Crisanto, tricosan-, cast-iron, cast iron, nicators, cortinas, cantoris, Nicotras, conistra, C-rations, castiron, Cintoras

Italian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Neocastrum (“new camp”), from Byzantine Greek Νεόκαστρον (Neókastron, “new castle”), a compound of νέος (néos, “new”) + κάστρον (kástron, “fort, castle”).

Proper noun

Nicastro f

1. A town in the province of Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy

Proper noun

Nicastro m or f by sense

1. a surname transferred from the place name

Further reading

• Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2025