Explore the Family Name Catanese

The meaning of Catanese

Italian (southern): habitational name for someone from the Sicilian port of Catania, from an adjectival form of the placename. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Santo, Salvatore, Sal, Angelo, Rocco, Vito, Antonino, Antonio, Armando, Carmella, Francesco, Gaetano, Marina, Mario, Pietro, Santi. Spanish Pedro, Ruben, Salvador.

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How common is the last name Catanese in the United States?

According to the Popularity data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Catanese saw a slight decline in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Catanese was ranked as the 16,635th most popular surname, dropping to 17,874th place by 2010, which represents a 7.45% decrease. In terms of actual count, there were 1,586 individuals with the surname in 2000, decreasing marginally to 1,565 by 2010, a minor decline of 1.32%. The proportion of U.S. citizens named Catanese per 100,000 also fell by 10.17%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#16,635	#17,874	-7.45%
Count	1,586	1,565	-1.32%
Proportion per 100k	0.59	0.53	-10.17%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Catanese

Looking at the Ethnicity data from the same Decennial U.S. Census, the majority of individuals with the surname Catanese identified as White, making up 96.15% in 2000 and slightly reducing to 95.91% in 2010. Those identifying as Hispanic saw an increase from 1.51% in 2000 to 2.04% in 2010. There was also a marginal increase in those identifying as Black, from 0.44% in 2000 to 0.45% in 2010. Meanwhile, individuals identifying as being of two or more races decreased from 1.64% to 1.21%. No individuals with this surname identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.15%	95.91%	-0.25%
Hispanic	1.51%	2.04%	35.1%
Two or More Races	1.64%	1.21%	-26.22%
Black	0.44%	0.45%	2.27%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%