The Sabato surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 711 people carried this name — #32,365 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 416,700 people counted. That is down 2% from 722 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
247 people named Sabato live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 240 people named Sabato 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 64 people named Sabato.
21 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 22 people named Sabato 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 Hainaut.
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.
Who carried it
People named Sabato,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ernesto Sabato 1911–2011 · writer
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Hilda Sabato 1947– · writer -
Larry Sabato 1952– · political scientist -
Raffaele Sabato 1850–1950 · lawyer
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Arturo Sabato 1913–1998 · writer
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Donato Sabato 1930–2016 · engineer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sabato.
- Sabat 621 · U.S. census
- Sabate 193 · U.S. census
- Sabater 923 · U.S. census
- Sabatier 286 · U.S. census
- Sabatini 2,274 · U.S. census
- Sabatino 3,382 · U.S. census
- Sabbagh 1,483 · U.S. census
- Sabbah 276 · U.S. census
- Sabbatini 251 · U.S. census
- Sabbe 156 · U.S. census
- Sabel 1,232 · U.S. census
- Saber 995 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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