Katano

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/kɑtɑnoʊ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Katano is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 2.5M(measured from records)
  • BRBrazil1 in 3.2M
  • PLPoland1 in 4.3M

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

131 people, 2010

Sources
34 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 2.5M (inferred from the name graph)

United States

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Katano 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.

Where Katano is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States1311 in 2.5M131Katano34
BR Brazil661 in 3.2M66——
PL Poland91 in 4.3M5——
PH Philippines———Katano3
DE Germany———Katano12
NZ New Zealand———Katano1
EC Ecuador———Katano1

131 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Katano is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Portuguese surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Colombia, Philippines

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Kataño

  • Russian surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Катано

25 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000Eirakuya Tōshirō, b. 1845Haruo Katano, b. 1927Yuka Katano, b. 1966Eiji Katano, b. 1968Hiromichi Katano, b. 1982

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)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 8 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Katano
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010131#129,825
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—66#86,090
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20265—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—5#200,110
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20264—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—4#224,621
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

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

How do you pronounce Katano?
A machine transcription gives /kɑtɑnoʊ/ (IPA) for Japanese.
In which country does Katano have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 131 people named Katano, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled katano.
Where is Katano most common?
Katano is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 2.5 million people carrying it.
How common is the name Katano?
In the United States, the national register counted 131 people named Katano in 2010, about 1 in 2.5 million residents.

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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, “Katano”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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