Cattanéo Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Cattanéo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cattanéo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland161:513,30736,405
France41:16,605,680368,153
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471

The alternate forms: Cattaneo (60,996), Cattáneo (23) & Cattàneo (1) are calculated separately.

Cattanéo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cattanéo is found most frequently in Switzerland. It can also occur as: Cattaneo, Cattáneo or Cattàneo. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cattanéo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,307,654th most commonly occurring family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Cattanéo live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The last name is most common in Switzerland, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 513,307. In Switzerland Cattanéo is mostly found in: Canton of Valais, where 75 percent live, Republic and Canton of Geneva, where 19 percent live and Canton of Vaud, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Switzerland it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in France, where 19 percent live and Morocco, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cattaneo9660,996/
Cattáneo9223/
Cattàneo921/
Cattanio88174/
Catttaneo822/
Chattaneo821/
Caettaneo821/
Cataneo802,826/
Catanho801,004/
Catanio80683/
Catagno804/
Cattaño801/
Castagno756,670/
Cattania75124/
Castanio75100/
Cattogno7564/
Cattanea7559/
Caetanio7518/
Catteneo758/
Castanyo755/
Cathaneo754/
Caetaneo754/
Catanios752/
Caitanio752/
Cattoneo751/
Cottaneo751/
Cateaneo751/
Castanjo751/
Castaneo751/
Kattaneo751/
Catanhoo751/
Catasgno751/
Cattagna751/
Cataño7121,713/
Castagnos71461/
Castagnou7123/
Castanios719/
Castanyos718/
Castagnio711/
Castagneo711/
Caastagno711/
Catania6725,074/
Catanha674,230/
Catanea67262/
Catonho67228/
Catonio67223/
Catagna67206/
Castaignos67155/
Cottagnoud67124/
Catogno6764/
Catenio6757/
Castagnous6735/
Kataneo6716/
Katanio674/
Cateneo672/
Cotaneo671/
Catañho671/
Catanya671/
Katanho671/
Satanyo671/
Chatthanya671/
Cotagno671/
Catañeo671/
Cotanio671/
Catônio671/
Katanyo671/
Caataño671/
Chaittanya671/

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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
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  • 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 Cattanéo
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