How rare is the last name Cato?

7,852 people in the United States have the last name Cato, about 1 in 38,067. It ranks #4,365 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

last name

CATO

#4,365

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,852
About
1 in 38,067
This common or more
56.9%
Who bears it

Of the 7,852 people with the last name Cato, 52.3% reported their origin as White, 36.5% as Black and 4.9% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Cato

1 other last name also has 7,852 people.

#4,365 Pagano · 7,852

Either side of Cato

#4,363 Keeling · 7,856#4,364 Bradbury · 7,854#4,365 Pagano · 7,852#4,367 Galan · 7,849

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Cato, most common first.

#6,970 Cate · 4,645#14,688 Catoe · 1,941#15,541 Catt · 1,812#27,882 Caito · 913#34,480 Cat · 708#49,989 Cata · 453#60,717 Catto · 358#119,572 Catu · 153

Also a first name

As a first name, Cato ranks #22,112 of 53,615, with 453 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2025, with 45 births. See Cato as a first name

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