Cattaneo ( is an Italian surname.
Geographical distribution As of 2014, 81.2% of all known bearers of the surname Cattaneo were residents of Italy (frequency 1:1,232), 9.0% of Argentina (1:7,742), 2.8% of Switzerland (1:4,802), 1.9% of the United States, 1.8% of France (1:59,595) and 1.2% of Brazil (1:290,914).
In Italy, the frequency of the surname was higher than the national average (1:1,232) only in one region: Lombardy (1:223).Cattaneo surname distribution
People Adelardo Cattaneo (?–1225), Italian cardinal Agustín Cattaneo (born 1988), Argentine footballer Alberto Cattaneo (born 1967), Italian mathematician Annibale Cattaneo (?–1584), Italian Roman Catholic bishop Atilio Cattáneo (1889–1957), Argentine politician Bartolomeo Cattaneo (1883–1949), Italian archbishop and diplomat Bernadette Cattanéo (1899–1963), French trade unionist and militant communist Carlo Cattaneo (admiral) (1883–1941), Italian admiral Carlo Cattaneo (mathematician) (1911–1979), Italian mathematician Carlo Cattaneo (writer) (1801–1869), Italian politician, nationalist, writer and philosopher Cristoforo Cattaneo (16th century), Italian humanist author Danese Cattaneo (1512–1572), Tuscan sculptor and medallist Fausto Cattaneo, Italian physicist Francesco Costanzo Cattaneo (1602–1665), painter from Ferrara Hernán Cattáneo (born 1965), Argentine musician Lazzaro Cattaneo (1560–1640), Italian Jesuit, missionary in China Leonardo Cattaneo della Volta (1487–16th century), doge of Genoa Matias D. Cattaneo (born 1978), Argentine econometrician Mattia Cattaneo (born 1990), Italian professional road cyclist Peter Cattaneo (born 1964), British film director Pilar Cattaneo (born 2007), Argentine gymnast Santo Cattaneo (1739–1819), Neoclassic painter from Brescia Simonetta Cattaneo Vespucci (1453–1476), noblewoman from Genoa
See also Cattaneo Magni RR, a 1930s rocket-powered aircraft Gualdo Cattaneo, a small Italian town in Umbria Carlo Cattaneo University, an Italian university Villa Cattaneo dell'Olmo, historical aristocratic villa in the Cornigliano Campi neighborhood in Genoa, Italy
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