About the Catalan Surname

Arms linked to Catalano and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

The meaning behind Catalan

Catalan is how some branches of the Catalano family came to write their name. At root, the name means “Catalan”.

Before spelling was fixed, Catalano was also written Catalan. The same family of names includes Catalani and Catalanotto.