How common is the surname Antunez?

5,808 people in the United States had the surname Antunez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 53,159 Americans. It ranked 5,931st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Antunez?

Daniel Antúnez, American soccer player.

Where is the surname Antunez most common?

Wikidata records people named Antunez in the United States.

Is the surname Antunez getting more or less common?

More common. 3,628 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,808 in 2010, up 60%.

The surname Antunez

A Spanish surname, carried by 5,808 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex A535

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Antunez is more common than 96.3% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

A surname from Spanish.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,808 people named Antunez in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 53,159 Americans. That is up 60% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,628.

#5,931

rank among US surnames

5,808

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+60.1%

change since 2000 (was #8,377)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,922	Montesdeoca	5,820	53,049
#5,923	Lanza	5,819	53,058
#5,924	Arceneaux	5,818	53,067
#5,925	Daughtry	5,816	53,086
#5,928	Dorr	5,814	53,104
#5,929	Pelaez	5,810	53,140
#5,930	Dickman	5,809	53,150

Who is named Antunez

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Antunez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.7% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
White (not Hispanic) 4.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%
Two or more races 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Antunezs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Daniel Antúnez
American soccer player, born 1986

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Antunez

Antunez has the Soundex code A535, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A535.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Antunez come from?: Antunez is Spanish in origin.
How common is the surname Antunez?: 5,808 people in the United States had the surname Antunez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 53,159 Americans. It ranked 5,931st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Antunez?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Antunez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.7% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Antunez?: Daniel Antúnez, American soccer player.
Where is the surname Antunez most common?: Wikidata records people named Antunez in the United States.
Is the surname Antunez getting more or less common?: More common. 3,628 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,808 in 2010, up 60%.