Chatto

See also: chatto and chattò

English

Etymology

Two main origins:

• Scottish habitational surname from the name of an estate in the parish of Hownam, in the Scottish Borders.
• Borrowed from Tagalog Chatto; this surname is predominantly found in Davao Region.

Proper noun

Chatto (plural Chattos)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Chatto is the 88020^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 211 individuals. Chatto is most common among White (37.91%), American Indian/Alaska Native (37.91%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (17.06%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Chatto”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 320.