The Damato surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,804 people carried this name — #5,144 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 43,300 people counted. That is up 4% from 6,521 in 2000.

Look up another surname

Share

What the name means

The meaning of the Damato surname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

From the personal name Amato.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entries «Damato» (English) and «D'Amato» (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 109 people named Damato 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.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 52
Santa Fe 25
City of Buenos Aires 22
Santiago del Estero 10

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 40 people named Damato.

Most of them — 21 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Isère.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 21
Isère 7
Bouches-du-Rhône 4
Jura 4
Moselle 2
Aisne 1
Alpes-Maritimes 1

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

In print

Damato in American newspapers,
1908–1922.

Newspaper page from The Brattleboro Reformer carrying the name Damato
The Brattleboro Reformer 1910-02-11
Newspaper page from Omaha Daily Bee carrying the name Damato
Omaha Daily Bee 1922-02-04
Newspaper page from The Evening World carrying the name Damato
The Evening World 1908-10-01

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Damato in Australian newspapers,
1930s–1990s.

61 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Damato. The most, 25, date from the 1940s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 3.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 42
ACT (Canberra) 5
New South Wales 5
Victoria 5
South Australia 2
Tasmania 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Damato.

Who carried it

People named Damato,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Salvador Juan Damato Phillips 1832–1879 · politician
  • Miguel Damato Gutiérrez 1855–1934 · author
  • Ġużè Damato 1886–1963 · architect
  • Maria Chiara Damato 1909–1948 · nun
  • Mino Damato 1937–2010 · journalist
  • Mino Damato 1937–2010 · journalist

Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Damato,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States2,977 records

2,977 records of the Damato name in the United States
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1,374
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 810
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 324
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 299
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 101
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 67
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Salvatore A. Damato

    Born 1923 in New York. Enlisted 1942 at New York City; driver from Queens County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1944, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Carmela Damato

    Arrived at New York in 1898 aboard the Tartar Prince from Genoa, aged 69; weaver. From S.Egidio, Teramo, Italy.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Bernard A. Damato

    Born 1931; from Hudson County, New Jersey. U.S. Army, heavy weapons infantryman; killed in action 1950 in South Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 2,977 records for Damato in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

France100 records

100 records of the Damato name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Libera Cristance Damato

    Born 1926 in Italy; died 1995 in Firminy (Loire).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jean Pierre Damato

    Born 1944 in Aix-en-Provence; died 1978 in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Luigina Damato

    Born 1958 in La Tronche; died 1983 in Le Cheylas (Isère).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 100 records for Damato in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Canada16 records

16 records of the Damato name in Canada City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Robert Damato

    Buried in 1949 at Fairview Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Ontario.

    City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Angela Damato

    Buried in 1989 at Lundys Lane Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Ontario.

    City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Nicholas Damato

    Buried in 1993 at Fairview Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Ontario.

    City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls.

Showing 3 of 16 records for Damato in Canada.

Counts: City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

Australia3 records

3 records of the Damato name in Australia Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Saverio John Damato

    Library attendant of Brunswick, Victoria; died 1968.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Charles Damato

    Waterside worker of East Preston, Victoria; died 1994.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 3 records for Damato in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Damato.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Damato 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.

See the Damato volume
Scroll to Top