Pato: Last Name and Heraldic Notes

The 2010 US Census counted 215 people named Pato, ranking it number 86,645 among American surnames. It sits among the 100,000 most common last names in the country. Spanish register data show 1,808 residents carrying Pato as first surname, and 1,948 as second surname.

• Pato appears in national name statistics on both sides of the Atlantic.
• We don't publish a meaning for Pato without a reliable source. Our researchers work it out from the records of each family.

Heraldry and the Pato name

If a Pato family bore arms, our report explains whose they were and what the blazon shows. Want more than a summary? See the Pato family name pack.