# Catano (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/catano/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,915 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,322 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 161,225 people |
| Change since 2000 | +30% (1,469 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a southern Italian surname, variant of the personal name Caetano, see also Gaetano. * Also as an Italian surname, from Old Italian cattano (“captain”) (see modern capitana), making it a variant of Cattaneo. * As a Sicilian surname, variant of Cattano, from the noun cotone (“cotton”). Sometimes found in Spanish as Cataño.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Catano in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 10% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 89% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |

## Similar surnames

Caton, Catania, Cayton, Cawthon, Cayetano, Cotton, Cheatham, Cadena, Cedeno, Cotten, Chatham, Cowden.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.