Policastro

Borrowed from Italian Policastro.

Policastro (plural Policastros)

1. A surname from Italian.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Policastro is the 23185^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1100 individuals. Policastro is most common among White (95.64%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Policastro”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Habitational surname for someone from either Policastro Bussentino or Petilia Policastro, from Byzantine Greek Πολύκαστρον (Polúkastron), a compound of πολύς (polús, “much, many”) + κάστρον (kástron, “fort, castle”).

• IPA^(key): /po.liˈkas.tro/
• Rhymes: -astro
• Hyphenation: Po‧li‧cà‧stro

Policastro m or f by sense

1. a surname transferred from the place name

• Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2025

• piroclasto, prosciolta, protoclasi