The Prato surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,134 people carried this name — #22,637 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 263,200 people counted. That is up 2% from 1,115 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,319 people named Prato 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 169 people named Prato.
39 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 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
109 people named Prato live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 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.
Who carried it
People named Prato,
with a public archive behind them.
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Claude Duprat 1475–1532 · Catholic bishop -
Katharina Scheiger 1818–1897 · writer -
Giovanni Andrea Prato 1488– · chronicler
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Benedetto Prato 1600–1700 · master builder
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Anselmo Prato 1783–1817 · physician
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Giovanni Battista a Prato 1812–1883 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Prato.
When the index is not enough
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