The Caetano surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 985 people carried this name — #25,171 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 303,000 people counted. That is up 29% from 761 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 547 people named Caetano 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
356 people named Caetano live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 173 people named Caetano.
84 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Paris.
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 print
Caetano in American newspapers,
1880–1946.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 542 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Caetano,
with a public archive behind them.
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Luís Caetano Lobo 1816–1890 · priest -
Marcelo Caetano 1906–1980 · lawyer -
Pedro Caetano 1911–1992 · composer
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Omar Caetano 1938–2008 · association football coach -
Gerardo Caetano 1958– · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 65 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Caetano.
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