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Thede Castro surname is used by aSephardic Jewish family ofPortuguese,Spanish andItalian origin. Soon after the establishment of thePortuguese Inquisition, members of the family emigrated toBordeaux,Bayonne,Hamburg, and various cities in the Netherlands. Their descendants were later found scattered throughout Turkey, Egypt, Holland, Germany, England, Italy,United States andMadras.[1][2][3][4]
Some branches of the family have continued to bear the simple name ofde Castro whereas others are known byde Castro-Osório,de Castro Sarmento,de Castro-Castello-Osório,Pereira de Castro,de Castro Vieira de Pinto,Rodrigues de Castro,Orobio de Castro,de Castro de Paz,Henriques de Castro, etc. The name often appears as "de Crasto." Note thatCastro is not in origin Jewish but anIberianChristian name, adopted by some Portuguese andSpanish Jews after theforced conversions of the late 15th and early 16th centuries. Also in Barranquilla, Santa Marta, Tuluá Valle del Cauca in Colombia and Coro in Venezuela.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906)."Castro, de, family".The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.