In Croatia, Ćato families are generally Croats (from Knin area ), very rarely Slovaks, and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slavonski Brod and in Knin area. In Vodica in Bosnian Krajina every tenth inhabitant had the family name Ćato.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Ćato live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Slavonski Brod (20), Zagreb (<10), Kijevo in Knin area (<10), Knin (<5), and in Vodice (<5).
