Gaeta
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Catalan (Gaeta); probably a variant spelling of the Catalan family name Gaieta
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈɡitə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Gaeta is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Italy than in any other country.
- ITItaly≈1 in 9.3K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 71K
- AOAngola≈1 in 12K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Italy (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 313 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 9.3K (inferred from the name graph)
≈6,700 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Italy, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Catalan (Gaeta); probably a variant spelling of the Catalan family name Gaieta.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Gaeta counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IT Italy | — | ≈6,700 est. | ≈1 in 9.3K | 2 | Gaeta | 52 |
| US United States | — | 4,688 | 1 in 71K | 4.7K | Gaeta | 313 |
| CN China | — | ≈3,400 est. | ≈1 in 415K | — | Gaeta | 2 |
| AO Angola | #426 | ≈2,700 est. | ≈1 in 12K | — | Gaeta | 1 |
| DZ Algeria | #879 | ≈2,500 est. | ≈1 in 17K | — | Gaeta | 1 |
| IE Ireland | — | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 36K | — | Gaeta | 2 |
| UY Uruguay | — | 125 | 1 in 27K | 125 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Gaeta is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
probably a habitational name from Gaeta in Italy (see 1 above and Gaytan).
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
Italian; habitational name from Gaeta, a place in Latina province.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In English, A coastal town in the province of Latina, Lazio, Italy.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Italian, oriundo da cidade de Gaeta
as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
In Latvian, pilsēta Itālijā ("Gaeta"), Lacio reģiona Latīnas provincē, 20700 iedzīvotāju (2014. g.)
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Muzio Gaetab. 1663ITRoman Catholic patriarch
- E. A. Mariob. 1884ITnot in their usual nameItalian musician and writer (1884–1961)
- Giuseppe Gaetab. 1903ITItalian laborer and politician (1903-1976)
- Giuliano Gaetab. 1904ITItalian publicist (1904-1982)
- Goffredo Gaetab. 1937ITItalian artist, ceramist and sculptor
- Giancarlo Gaetab. 1942ITItalian Church historian (1942-)
- Saverio Gaetab. 1958ITItalian journalist and writer
- Renato Gaetab. 1959ITItalian rower
- John Gaetab. 1965USvisual effects designer
- Michael J. Gaetafilm producer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 30 sources across 17 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 4.7K | #7,133 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 4.4K | #7,292 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 4K | #7,587 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 125 | — |
| IT Italy | 意大利语姓名译名手册 (Xinhua Italian Name Manual) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Cognomix.it (Nomix s.r.l.) — Italian surname origin dictionary
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Gaeta mean, and where does it come from?
- Catalan (Gaeta); probably a variant spelling of the Catalan family name Gaieta. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Gaeta?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɡitə/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Gaeta have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 6.7 thousand people named Gaeta in Italy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gaeta.
- How common is the name Gaeta?
- In the United States, the national register counted 4,688 people named Gaeta in 2010, about 1 in 71 thousand residents.
- How common is Gaeta compared with other names?
- In Angola, Gaeta is the 426th most common surname of 23,432 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/gaetaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gaeta” — the 426th most common surname in Angola. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.