The Caton surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,467 people carried this name — #6,247 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 54,100 people counted. That is down 1% from 5,508 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 335 people named Caton.
6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 46 départements, most often Saône-et-Loire.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Caton in American newspapers,
1872–1912.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 76,054 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Caton,
with a public archive behind them.
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Alfred Caton d. 1905 · industrialist -
Johan Laurentz Caton 1753–1808 · artist -
Marianne Wellesley, Marchioness Wellesley 1788–1853 -
John D. Caton 1812–1895 · judge -
Richard Caton 1842–1926 · physician -
Victor Caton d. 1914 · industrialist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Caton.
- Catarino 689 · U.S. census
- Cate 4,987 · U.S. census
- Catella 132 · U.S. census
- Catherine 350 · U.S. census
- Cato 8,298 · U.S. census
- Catoire 225 · U.S. census
- Catoni 115 · U.S. census
- Cator 301 · U.S. census
- Cattan 207 · U.S. census
- Cattaneo 714 · U.S. census
- Cattani 476 · U.S. census
- Cattin 126 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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