# Ante (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ante/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 627 |
| US rank (2010) | 35,812 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 492,417 people |
| Change since 2000 | +11% (566 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Various origins: * As a Spanish and Catalan surname, perhaps from ante (“elk; suede”). * As a Dutch and North German surname, from Ente (“duck”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ante in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 35% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 45% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 16% |
| Two or more races | 3.0% |

## Similar surnames

Ahmed, Ahmad, Amato, Ahumada, Amado, Ahmadi, Amodeo, Ando, Andaya, Aamodt.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.