Cato Family History
Cato Name Meaning
Variant of Scottish Catto.Spanish and
Catalan (Cató): possibly from a personal name taken with
reference to the Roman republican statesman Cato.Swedish: perhaps
a soldier’s name, likewise bestowed with reference to Cato, the Roman
statesman.
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Name Distribution of Cato Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Cato families
 64 - 126  22 - 63 |
 1 - 21  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Cato families
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45 - 87 16 - 44 |
1 - 15 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Cato families
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5 - 8 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Cato census records
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Cato Family Origin
Cato Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Cato
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Cato Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Cato census records
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Cato Civil War Service Records
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