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    The surname Catano

    A surname, carried by 1,915 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C350

    Catano: #15,322 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Catano #15,322, 1,915 people Catano: #15,322 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Catano #15,322, 1,915 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Catano is more common than 90.6% of them.

    Origin

    * 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.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,915 people named Catano in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 161,225 Americans. That is up 30% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,469.

    #15,322
    rank among US surnames
    1,915
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +30.4%
    change since 2000 (was #17,619)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,318Quisenberry1,916161,141
    #15,322Catano1,915161,225
    #15,325Irick1,914161,309
    #15,328Goudeau1,913161,393

    Who is named Catano

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

    89% of people named Catano identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 10% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 89%
    • White (not Hispanic) 10%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Catano

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Catano come from?
    * 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”).…
    How common is the surname Catano?
    1,915 people in the United States had the surname Catano in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 161,225 Americans. It ranked 15,322nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Catano?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Catano identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 10% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Catano getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,469 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,915 in 2010, up 30%.