Cataño Surname

24,865th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21,713 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Colombia

Cataño Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cataño Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia16,9501:2,819507
Mexico2,8011:44,3152,421
Peru9681:32,8353,264
Spain3881:120,4959,387
Venezuela3521:85,8073,360
Philippines901:1,124,86991,280
Panama791:49,5222,416
Ecuador371:429,88810,240
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Chile71:2,516,63933,195
England51:11,143,612252,590
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
Bolivia21:5,308,21712,400
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
France11:66,422,722504,397
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

The alternate forms: Catano (3,503) are calculated separately.

Cataño Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Cataño Come From? nationality or country of origin

Cataño is more commonly found in Colombia than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Catano. Click here for further potential spellings of Cataño.

How Common Is The Last Name Cataño? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 24,865th most commonly held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 335,631 people. The last name Cataño is mostly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Cataño reside; 84 percent reside in South America and 80 percent reside in Caribbean South America.

The last name is most numerous in Colombia, where it is carried by 16,950 people, or 1 in 2,819. In Colombia it is most numerous in: Antioquia Department, where 59 percent reside, Valle del Cauca Department, where 10 percent reside and Caldas Department, where 5 percent reside. Besides Colombia this surname is found in 25 countries. It also occurs in Mexico, where 13 percent reside and Peru, where 4 percent reside.

Cataño Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Cataño earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 69.37% more than the national average, earning S/. 32,832 per year and in Colombia they earn 11.79% more than the national average, earning $25,379,200 COP per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Cataño
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