The surname Catalan
A Spanish surname, carried by 6,899 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˈkæ.təˌlæn/ 3 syllables Soundex C345
Origin
Spanish origin
Inherited from Middle English Catalane, from French catalan, from Catalan català. First attested in 1480.
One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 6,899 people named Catalan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 44,752 Americans. That is up 65% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,173.
Who is named Catalan
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
84% of people named Catalan identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 9.3% as white (not Hispanic) and 5.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 84%
- White (not Hispanic) 9.3%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 5.4%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
- Two or more races 0.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Catalan has the Soundex code C345, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C345.
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Questions
- Where does the surname Catalan come from?
- Inherited from Middle English Catalane, from French catalan, from Catalan català. First attested in 1480.
- How common is the surname Catalan?
- 6,899 people in the United States had the surname Catalan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,752 Americans. It ranked 5,076th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Catalan?
- In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Catalan identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 9.3% as white (not Hispanic).
- How do you pronounce Catalan?
- Catalan is /ˈkæ.təˌlæn/, 3 syllables.
- Is the surname Catalan getting more or less common?
- More common. 4,173 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,899 in 2010, up 65%.