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    The surname Infante

    A Spanish surname, carried by 11,102 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex I515

    Infante: #3,252 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Infante #3,252, 11,102 people Infante: #3,252 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Infante #3,252, 11,102 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Infante is more common than 98% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    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 11,102 people named Infante in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,810 Americans. That is up 31% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,467.

    #3,252
    rank among US surnames
    11,102
    people in 2010
    3.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +31.1%
    change since 2000 (was #3,856)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,243Amin11,13727,723
    #3,244Warden11,13527,727
    #3,245Muir11,13027,740
    #3,246Samson11,12327,757
    #3,247Ezell11,12127,762
    #3,248Switzer11,11427,780
    #3,249Pardo11,10427,805

    Who is named Infante

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

    81% of people named Infante identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 15% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 81%
    • White (not Hispanic) 15%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 4.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • Two or more races 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Infantes

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Blas Infante
      Andalusian politician (1885–1936)
    • Omar Infante
      Baseball player from Venezuela, born 1981

    Notable Infantes come mostly from Spain (1) and Venezuela (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Infante

    Infante has the Soundex code I515, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code I515.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Infante come from?
    From Spanish.
    How common is the surname Infante?
    11,102 people in the United States had the surname Infante in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,810 Americans. It ranked 3,252nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Infante?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Infante identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 15% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Infante?
    Blas Infante, Andalusian politician (1885–1936), followed by Omar Infante.
    Where is the surname Infante most common?
    Wikidata records people named Infante in Spain and Venezuela.
    Is the surname Infante getting more or less common?
    More common. 8,467 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,102 in 2010, up 31%.