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The Cataldi surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 922 people carried this name — #26,471 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 322,600 people counted. That is down 1% from 935 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Cataldi surname

A surname transferred from the given name.

Patronymic from the personal name Cataldo.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Cataldi» (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 1,050 people named Cataldi 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 546
City of Buenos Aires 205
Santa Fe 151
Córdoba 80
Salta 25
Mendoza 19
Neuquén 14
San Juan 10

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

230 people named Cataldi live in Switzerland.

They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Geneva 41
Bern 36
Vaud 34
Aargau 26
Zurich 22
Ticino 20
St. Gallen 18
Valais 14

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 160 people named Cataldi.

59 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 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

Born outside France 59
Paris 36
Rhône 24
Hérault 5
Yvelines 4
Loire 4
Hauts-de-Seine 3
Seine-Maritime 3
Orne 3

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

Who carried it

People named Cataldi,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Amleto Cataldi
    Amleto Cataldi 1882–1930 · sculptor
  • Giuseppe Cataldi d. 1841 · Catholic priest
  • Pietro Cataldi 1552–1626 · mathematician
  • Giuseppe Cataldi 1665–1734 · Catholic priest
  • Nicola Maria Cataldi 1782–1867 · historian
  • Giuseppe Cataldi 1809–1876 · politician

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

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Cataldi.

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