The Catalano surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,973 people carried this name — #3,574 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 29,600 people counted. That is up 3% from 9,671 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Catalano surname
A surname originating as an ethnonym.
Italianized after Sicilian Catalanu, a surname derived from Sicilian catalanu (“related to Catalonia”). Also see Catala.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Catalano» (Italian), 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 2,906 people named Catalano 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
456 people named Catalano live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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 425 people named Catalano.
Most of them — 312 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 269 people named Catalano 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 print
Catalano in American newspapers,
1876–1962.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,664 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Catalano,
with a public archive behind them.
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Antonio Catalano 1560–1604 · painter -
Antonino Catalano 1580–1666 · painter -
Simone Catalano 1905–1940 · aircraft pilot -
Maria Alessi Catalano 1915–1997 · teacher -
Massimo Catalano 1936–2013 · musician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 152 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Catalano.
- Castro 184,134 · U.S. census
- Castronovo 629 · U.S. census
- Casula 174 · U.S. census
- Cat 182 · U.S. census
- Catala 869 · U.S. census
- Catalan 6,899 · U.S. census
- Cataldi 922 · U.S. census
- Cataldo 4,711 · U.S. census
- Catalon 155 · U.S. census
- Catan 199 · U.S. census
- Catanese 1,565 · U.S. census
- Catani 136 · U.S. census
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