# Kato (surname)

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

A surname from Japanese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Japanese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,257 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,461 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 58,730 people |
| Change since 2000 | +15% (4,591 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 加藤 (Katō).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kato 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) | 23% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 5.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 60% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 6.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kato in Japan.

## People named Kato

- Katō Kiyomasa, 16th-century Japanese daimyo (1562-1611)
- Sogen Kato, 1899-1978 Japanese man whose naturally-mummified body was recovered from his apartment in 

## Similar surnames

Keith, Kidd, Kite, Kitt, Kohut, Keitt, Kott, Keita, Kot, Kohout, Kyte, Kuta.

## 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.