Last name: CASTLE
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CASTLE : This last name is indexed 168,759 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
CASTLE : English: topographic name from Anglo-Norman French Middle English castel ‘castle fortified building or set of buildings’ especially the residence of a feudal lord (from Late Latin castellum a diminutive of castrum ‘fort Roman walled city’). The name would also have denoted a servant who lived and worked at such a place or someone who had an obligation to provide services or rent to a castle.
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