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The Cattaneo surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 714 people carried this name — #32,268 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 416,700 people counted. That is up 18% from 605 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Cattaneo surname

From Late Latin capitāneus (“captain”), from caput (“head”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Cattaneo» (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 4,658 people named Cattaneo 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 1,807
Santa Fe 793
Córdoba 577
City of Buenos Aires 548
Mendoza 171
Entre Ríos 168
Salta 122
Chaco 85

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

1,091 people named Cattaneo live in Switzerland.

They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Ticino 616
Zurich 114
Graubünden 91
Geneva 59
Neuchâtel 38
Vaud 36
Schwyz 21
Aargau 19

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 564 people named Cattaneo.

170 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 56 départements, most often Haute-Savoie.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 170
Haute-Savoie 40
Paris 37
Var 36
Bouches-du-Rhône 29
Alpes-Maritimes 20
Gers 18
Isère 17
Côte-d’Or 16

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

In print

Cattaneo in American newspapers,
1882–1961.

Newspaper page from New York Dispatch carrying the name Cattaneo
New York Dispatch 1882-12-10
Newspaper page from The Jersey City News carrying the name Cattaneo
The Jersey City News 1897-08-28
Newspaper page from The Brownsville Daily Herald carrying the name Cattaneo
The Brownsville Daily Herald 1907-03-15

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,718 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Cattaneo,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Simonetta Vespucci
    Simonetta Vespucci 1453–1476 · aristocrat
  • Oberto Cattaneo Lazzari
    Oberto Cattaneo Lazzari 1473–1533 · physician
  • Leonardo Cattaneo della Volta
    Leonardo Cattaneo della Volta 1487–1572 · politician
  • Danese Cattaneo
    Danese Cattaneo 1512–1572 · architect
  • Girolamo Cattaneo
    Girolamo Cattaneo 1540–1584 · architect

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 219 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Cattaneo.

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