The Catan surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 199 people carried this name — #92,358 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is up 8% from 185 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 3,952 people named Catan 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 90 people named Catan.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Martinique.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
37 people named Catan live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Thurgau.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Catan.
- 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
- Catanese 1,565 · U.S. census
- Catani 136 · U.S. census
- Catania 3,412 · U.S. census
- Catanzano 189 · U.S. census
- Catanzaro 2,851 · U.S. census
- Catarino 689 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Catan 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.