The Cacciatore surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,261 people carried this name — #20,899 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 232,600 people counted. That is up 8% from 1,166 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Cacciatore surname
A surname, equivalent to English Hunter or Huntsman.
From Italian Cacciatore, from cacciatore (“hunter”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Cacciatore» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 368 people named Cacciatore live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 206 people named Cacciatore live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 105 people named Cacciatore.
Most of them — 79 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Savoie.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
96 people named Cacciatore live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Cacciatore,
with a public archive behind them.
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Niccolò Cacciatore 1770–1841 · astronomer -
Andrea Cacciatore 1750–1852 · literary scholar
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Gaetano Cacciatore 1814–1889 · astronomer
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Luigi Cacciatore 1900–1951 · politician
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Luigi Cacciatore 1900–1951 · politician
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Francesco Cacciatore 1904–1983 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cacciatore.
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