The Gaeta surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,688 people carried this name — #7,133 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 62,900 people counted. That is up 16% from 4,041 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Gaeta surname
From Latin Caiēta, from the Ancient Greek Καιήτη (Kaiḗtē).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gaeta» (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 528 people named Gaeta 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
100 people named Gaeta live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 80 people named Gaeta.
37 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Hérault.
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 print
Gaeta in American newspapers,
1878–1911.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,171 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Gaeta,
with a public archive behind them.
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E. A. Mario 1884–1961 · writer -
E. A. Mario 1884–1961 · writer
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Muzio Gaeta 1663–1728 · Catholic priest
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Muzio Gaeta 1689–1764 · Catholic archbishop
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Roberto Gaeta 1701–1800 · monk
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Enrico Gaeta 1840–1887 · artist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gaeta.
- Gade 1,358 · U.S. census
- Gadea 693 · U.S. census
- Gaden 236 · U.S. census
- Gady 223 · U.S. census
- Gaertner 1,918 · U.S. census
- Gaestel 110 · U.S. census
- Gaetan 232 · U.S. census
- Gage 16,614 · U.S. census
- Gager 1,261 · U.S. census
- Gaggini 101 · U.S. census
- Gagliano 4,161 · U.S. census
- Gagliardi 5,404 · U.S. census
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