The Cerato surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 165 people carried this name — #107,669 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is up 2% from 162 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 183 people named Cerato 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 145 people named Cerato.
44 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Var.
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
40 people named Cerato live in Switzerland.
They live in 2 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cerato.
- Cenci 537 · U.S. census
- Centa 177 · U.S. census
- Centofanti 726 · U.S. census
- Centonze 166 · U.S. census
- Cera 1,224 · U.S. census
- Ceran 100 · U.S. census
- Cercy 155 · U.S. census
- Cerda 17,703 · U.S. census
- Cerdan 260 · U.S. census
- Ceres 232 · U.S. census
- Ceresa 295 · U.S. census
- Ceretto 113 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Cerato is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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