Castellanos (surname)
Castellanos is a Spanish habitational surname with the meaning " rom a place founded or inhabited byCastilians". Notable people with the surname include: Arts * Antonio Castellanos (born 1946), Mexican sculptor * Enrique Abaroa Castellanos, Mexican landscape artist *Evencio Castellanos (1915–1984), Venezuelan pianist and classical musician *Horacio Castellanos Moya (born 1957), Salvadoran writer *Jesus Castellanos (1878–1912), Cuban writer, journalist and lawyer *John Castellanos (born 1957), American actor *Juan de Castellanos, 16th-century Colombian poet *Julio Castellanos (1905–1947), Mexican painter and engraver * Lincoln A. Castellanos, American actor * Manuel Castellanos López (born 1949), Cuban graphic artist *Mirla Castellanos, Venezuelan singer *Rafael Antonio Castellanos (c. 1725–1791), Guatemalan classical composer *Rosario Castellanos (1925–1974), Mexican poet and author * Teo Castellanos, American theater director *Vincent Castellanos (born 1961), American act ...
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Habitational Surname
A toponymic surname or topographic surname is a surname derived from a place name."Toponymic Surnames as Evidence of the Origin: Some Medieval Views"
, by Benjamin Z. Kedar. This can include specific locations, such as the individual's place of origin, residence, or of lands that they held, or can be more generic, derived from topographic features.Iris Shagir, "The Medieval Evolution of By-naming: Notions from the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem", ''In Laudem Hierosolymitani'' (Shagir, Ellenblum & Riley-Smith, eds.), Ashgate Publishing, 2007, pp. 49-59. Toponymic surnames originated as non-hereditary personal s, and only subsequently came to ...
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