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    The surname Catanese

    An Italian surname, carried by 1,565 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex C352

    Catanese: #17,874 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Catanese #17,874, 1,565 people Catanese: #17,874 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Catanese #17,874, 1,565 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Catanese is more common than 89% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    Borrowed from Italian Catanese.

    One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,565 people named Catanese in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 197,281 Americans. That is down 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,586.

    #17,874
    rank among US surnames
    1,565
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.3%
    change since 2000 (was #16,635)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,874Tourville1,565197,281
    #17,883Towell1,564197,408

    Who is named Catanese

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    96% of people named Catanese identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Catanese

    Catanese has the Soundex code C352, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C352.

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Catanese come from?
    Borrowed from Italian Catanese.
    How common is the surname Catanese?
    1,565 people in the United States had the surname Catanese in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 197,281 Americans. It ranked 17,874th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Catanese?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Catanese identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Catanese getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,586 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,565 in 2010, down 1.3%.