# Panter (surname)

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

A surname from Middle English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,528 |
| US rank (2010) | 18,208 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 202,059 people |
| Change since 2000 | -16.0% (1,819 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

An occupational surname, from Middle English panter (“manager of the pantry and food”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Panter 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Similar surnames

Painter, Pointer, Poynter, Pinter, Paynter, Panduro, Panther, Ponder, Pendergrass, Pender, Pinder, Pendergast.

## 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.