Cattaneo

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 national average (1:1,232) only in one region: Lombardy (1:223).[1]

• Adelardo Cattaneo, (?–1225), cardinal
• Alberto Cattaneo (born 1967), Italian mathematician
• Annibale Cattaneo (?–1584), Italian Roman Catholic bishop
• Bartolomeo Cattaneo (1883–1949), Italian archbishop and diplomat
• Carlo Cattaneo (writer) (1801–1869), Italian nationalist, writer and philosopher
• Carlo Cattaneo (admiral) (1883–1941), Italian admiral
• Carlo Cattaneo (mathematician) (1911–1979), Italian mathematician
• Cristoforo Cattaneo (16th century), Italian humanist author
• Danese Cattaneo (1512–1572), Tuscan sculptor and medallist
• Francesco Costanzo Cattaneo (1602–1665), painter from Ferrara
• Hernán Cattáneo (1965– ), Argentinian musician
• Lazzaro Cattaneo (1560–1640), Italian Jesuit, missionary in China
• Leonardo Cattaneo della Volta (1487– 16th century), a doge of Genoa
• Mattia Cattaneo (1990 - ), Italian professional road cyclist
• Peter Cattaneo (1964– ), British film director
• Santo Cattaneo (1739–1819), Neoclassic painter from Brescia
• Simonetta Cattaneo Vespucci (1453–1476), noblewoman from Genoa.

• Gualdo Cattaneo, a small Italian town in Umbria
• Carlo Cattaneo University, an Italian university