Catala surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Catala surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 869 people carried this name — #27,678 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 344,800 people counted. That is up 23% from 704 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 1,142 people named Catala 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 298
Córdoba 263
Santa Fe 188
Mendoza 111
City of Buenos Aires 76
Río Negro 69
Neuquén 52
Chaco 24

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,114 people named Catala.

306 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 56 départements, most often Haute-Garonne.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 306
Haute-Garonne 155
Pyrénées-Orientales 104
Tarn 98
Ariège 61
Paris 50
Essonne 46
Hérault 36
Bouches-du-Rhône 24

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

23 people named Catala live in Switzerland.

They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Vaud 11
Geneva 9
Zurich 3

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 Catala,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Joaquín Catalá i Murall 1787–1821 · pedagogue
  • Louis Catala 1891–1966 · politician
  • Raquel Catala 1892– · editor
  • René Catala 1901–1988 · naturalist
  • Pierre Catala 1930–2012 · jurist
  • Nicole Catala 1936–2022 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Catala.

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