Catano

• As a southern Italian surname, variant of the personal name Caetano, see also Gaetano.
• Also as an Italian surname, from Old Italian cattano (“captain”) (see modern capitana), making it a variant of Cattaneo.
• As a Sicilian surname, variant of Cattano, from the noun cotone (“cotton”).

Sometimes found in Spanish as Cataño.

Catano (plural Catanos)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Catano is the 15322^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1915 individuals. Catano is most common among Hispanic/Latino (89.19%) and White (10.18%) individuals.