The Cataldo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,711 people carried this name — #7,104 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 62,500 people counted. That is up 5% from 4,504 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 4,462 people named Cataldo 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 Mendoza.
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
273 people named Cataldo live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 170 people named Cataldo.
Most of them — 108 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 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 68 people named Cataldo 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.
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.
In the Nordic population registers
26 people named Cataldo is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Cataldo in American newspapers,
1895–1919.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,630 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Cataldo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giuseppe Cataldo 1837–1928 · teacher -
Giuseppe Cataldo 1837–1928 · teacher
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Pietro Cataldo 1899– · politician
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Gaspare Cataldo 1902–1970 · screenwriter
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Francesco Cataldo 1907–1969 · politician
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Francesco Cataldo 1907–1969 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cataldo.
- Casula 174 · U.S. census
- Cat 182 · 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
- Catalon 155 · U.S. census
- Catan 199 · U.S. census
- Catanese 1,565 · U.S. census
- Catani 136 · U.S. census
- Catania 3,412 · U.S. census
- Catanzano 189 · U.S. census
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