The Licata surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,750 people carried this name — #8,747 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 78,700 people counted. That is up 1% from 3,701 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Licata surname
Borrowed from Sicilian Licata, a toponym and a surname.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Licata» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 491 people named Licata live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 328 people named Licata 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 177 people named Licata.
Most of them — 135 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Loire.
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
70 people named Licata live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 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.
Who carried it
People named Licata,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giovanni Battista Licata 1856–1886 · botanist -
Biagio Licata di Baucina 1834–1893 · politician
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Francesco Licata 1844–1882 · sculptor
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Giuseppe Licata 1851–1906 · politician
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Augusto Licata 1851–1942 · painter
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Calogero Licata 1872–1924 · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Licata.
- Liberman 1,526 · U.S. census
- Libert 720 · U.S. census
- Liberti 594 · U.S. census
- Libra 245 · U.S. census
- Libs 139 · U.S. census
- Licari 1,443 · U.S. census
- Licciardi 601 · U.S. census
- Licht 2,665 · U.S. census
- Lichtenauer 161 · U.S. census
- Lichtenberger 1,312 · U.S. census
- Lichtenstein 2,456 · U.S. census
- Lichtle 121 · U.S. census
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