Castañeda or Castaneda is a Spanish

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. The name's meaning is habitational, from any of various places in Santander, Asturias, and Salamanca, derived from castañeda, a collective of castaña "

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". The name is believed to be created by the fact that the bourgeois House of Castañeda was situated in a valley of chestnuts, thus meaning "Castle of the Chestnuts." In non-Hispanic countries, the name is usually spelled Castaneda (without the tilde). In Portuguese, this name is spelled Castanheda. The surname can be found primarily in Spain, Portugal and the Americas after the Spanish conquest of North and South America.

People with the surname

Cacho Castaneda Cacho may refer to: Dice Games *Cacho Alalay, a South American dice game popular in Bolivia *Dudo, a South American dice game popular in Chile, also known as Pico or Perudo Geology *Cacho Formation The Cacho Formation ( es, Formación Cacho, E1C, ...

(born 1942 as Humberto Vicente Castagna), Argentine singer and actor * Carlos Castañeda (footballer) (born 1963), former Guatemalan football player * Carlos Castaneda (1925–1998), American author on Mesoamerican shamanism *

Carlos Castañeda (historian) Carlos Castañeda (11 November 1896 – 3 April 1958) was a historian, specializing in the history of Texas, and a leader in the push for civil rights for Mexican-Americans. Born in Mexico, Castañeda immigrated to the United States with his fa ...

(1897–1958), historian *

Cristián Castañeda Cristián Alberto Castañeda Vargas (born 18 September 1968) is a retired Chilean football player. He played for a few clubs, including Universidad de Chile and Everton Viña del Mar, his last club was Deportes Arica. Nicknamed " Scooby" Castañ ...

(born 1968), Chilean football player *

David Castañeda David Castañeda (born October 24, 1989) is an American actor. In 2019, Castañeda began portraying Diego Hargreeves in the Netflix series '' The Umbrella Academy''. Early life Castañeda was born October 24, 1989, in Los Angeles and was rai ...

(born 1989), Mexican-American actor *

Germán Villa Germán Villa Castañeda (; born 2 April 1973) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. German made his debut in the 1991-92 season with América against Leon. Villa played regularly with América until 1998 whe ...

Castañeda, Mexican football player *

Guadalupe Castañeda Guadalupe Castañeda (born 24 February 1965 in Fresnillo, Mexico) is a Mexican former footballer who played for various clubs in Mexico. Club career A defender capable of lining up on either flank, Castañeda played eight years with Cruz Azul ...

, retired Mexican footballer * Hector-Neri Castañeda (1924–1991), Guatemalan philosopher and author *

Javier Castañeda Javier Castañeda López (born 5 October 1955) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a defender. Club career Born in Madrid, Castañeda played six years with Real Madrid's reserves, the last two being spent in Segunda División. In th ...

, former Spanish footballer *

Jean Castaneda Jean-Luc Castaneda (born 20 March 1957 in Saint-Etienne, Loire) is a French former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for France. Castaneda began his professional career with AS Saint-Étienne in 1975. He also played for the Fr ...

(born 1957), former French footballer *

Jorge Castañeda (disambiguation) Jorge Castañeda may refer to: *Jorge Castañeda y Álvarez de la Rosa (1921–1997), Mexican foreign secretary 1979–82 *Jorge Castañeda Gutman (born 1953), Mexican foreign secretary 2000–03, academic, son of the above *Jorge Castañeda (footba ...

, multiple people with the name * Jorge Ubico y Castañeda (1878–1946), President of Guatemala 1931–1944 * Juan Castañeda (born 1980), Spanish championship fencer * Justiniano Borgoño Castañeda (1836–1921), Peruvian soldier and politician, President of Peru briefly in 1894 *

Luis Castañeda Lossio Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archa ...

, Peruvian politician, mayor of Lima *

Luis Orán Castañeda Luis Orán Castañeda Ramos (10 October 1979 — 14 July 2020) was a Colombian road cyclist. He rode the 2000 Giro d'Italia. After his cycling career, he worked in a factory. On 14 July 2020, he died after an accident with a conveyor belt, aged 4 ...

(1979–2020), Colombian road cyclist *

Maureen Castaneda Maureen Castaneda was the director of Foreign Exchange and Sovereign Risk Management for Enron Corporation. Enron story Maureen Castaneda was laid off from Enron and took a box of shredded paper home to use as packing material. She then realized ...

, American businesswoman, former officer of Enron Corporation * Movita Castaneda (1916–2015), American actress, second wife of

Marlon Brando Marlon Brando Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was an American actor. Considered one of the most influential actors of the 20th century, he received numerous accolades throughout his career, which spanned six decades, including two Academ ...

Gerardo Castañeda Gerardo Castañeda (8 December 1925 – 28 September 1989) was a Guatemalan former sports shooter. He competed in the 50 metre pistol event at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968) ...

, former Olympic shooter from Guatemala {{DEFAULTSORT:Castaneda Spanish-language surnames