How common is the surname Catania?

3,412 people in the United States had the surname Catania in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,488 Americans. It ranked 9,527th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Catania?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Catania identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Catania getting more or less common?

More common. 3,294 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,412 in 2010, up 3.6%.

The surname Catania

An Italian place surname, carried by 3,412 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C350

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Catania is more common than 94.1% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Catania.

Catania is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

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 3,412 people named Catania in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 90,488 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,294.

#9,527

rank among US surnames

3,412

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+3.6%

change since 2000 (was #9,115)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,520	Mikesell	3,415	90,409
#9,524	Dinger	3,414	90,435
#9,525	Ang	3,413	90,462
#9,527	Catania	3,412	90,488
#9,529	Khang	3,411	90,515
#9,531	Carle	3,410	90,541
#9,535	Cardinale	3,409	90,568

Who is named Catania

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

92% of people named Catania identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
Two or more races 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Catania

Catania has the Soundex code C350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C350.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Catania come from?: Borrowed from Italian Catania.
How common is the surname Catania?: 3,412 people in the United States had the surname Catania in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,488 Americans. It ranked 9,527th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Catania?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Catania identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Catania?: Catania is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Catania getting more or less common?: More common. 3,294 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,412 in 2010, up 3.6%.