The Cerrato surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,067 people carried this name — #10,473 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 96,200 people counted. That is up 46% from 2,103 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 511 people named Cerrato 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 128 people named Cerrato.
23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
38 people named Cerrato live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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.
In print
Cerrato in American newspapers,
1911.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 360 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Cerrato,
with a public archive behind them.
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Dario Cerrato 1951– · rally driver -
María Josefa de los Reyes Cerrato Rodríguez 1897–1981 · pharmacist
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Luis Cerrato 1901– · sailor
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Victor Cerrato 1917–2008 · sculptor
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Renzo Cerrato 1920–2013 · actor
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Renzo Cerrato 1920–2013 · actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cerrato.
- Cerini 301 · U.S. census
- Cerise 394 · U.S. census
- Cerna 5,726 · U.S. census
- Cerny 3,227 · U.S. census
- Ceron 4,998 · U.S. census
- Cerqueira 667 · U.S. census
- Cerri 358 · U.S. census
- Cerro 564 · U.S. census
- Cerrone 2,265 · U.S. census
- Cerruti 480 · U.S. census
- Certain 939 · U.S. census
- Ceruti 303 · U.S. census
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