The Cat surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 182 people carried this name — #99,378 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is down 4% from 189 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 222 people named Cat.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 départements, most often Vaucluse.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 32 people named Cat 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 Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Cat,
with a public archive behind them.
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Édouard Cat 1856–1903 · historian -
Paul Cat 1890–1915 · military personnel
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René Cat 1947– · politician
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Daniele Cat Berro 1978– · meteorologist
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Sweet Cat 1992– · pornographic film actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cat.
- Castillon 1,657 · U.S. census
- Castin 203 · U.S. census
- Castor 6,063 · U.S. census
- Castro 184,134 · U.S. census
- Castronovo 629 · U.S. census
- Casula 174 · U.S. census
- Catala 869 · U.S. census
- Catalan 6,899 · U.S. census
- Catalano 9,973 · U.S. census
- Cataldi 922 · U.S. census
- Cataldo 4,711 · U.S. census
- Catalon 155 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Cat is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.