The Onorato surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,913 people carried this name — #15,328 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 153,800 people counted. That is up 5% from 1,827 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Onorato surname
A surname transferred from the given name.
From Late Latin Honorātus.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Onorato» (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 729 people named Onorato 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
71 people named Onorato live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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 70 people named Onorato.
26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Seine-Saint-Denis.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 20 people named Onorato 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 Limburg.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Onorato in American newspapers,
1909–1923.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,577 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Onorato,
with a public archive behind them.
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Umberto Onorato 1898–1967 · journalist -
Umberto Onorato 1898–1967 · journalist
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Giovanni Onorato 1910–1960 · stage actor -
Giovanni Onorato 1910–1960 · stage actor
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Glauco Onorato 1936–2009 · stage actor -
Ettore Onorato 1899–1971 · mineralogist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Onorato.
- Omari 595 · U.S. census
- Omer 2,063 · U.S. census
- Oms 164 · U.S. census
- Ona 584 · U.S. census
- Ong 9,584 · U.S. census
- Ongaro 262 · U.S. census
- Opfermann 110 · U.S. census
- Oppenheim 1,795 · U.S. census
- Oppermann 727 · U.S. census
- Orabona 195 · U.S. census
- Oran 476 · U.S. census
- Orand 348 · U.S. census
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