How common is the surname Panter?

1,528 people in the United States had the surname Panter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 202,059 Americans. It ranked 18,208th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Panter?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Panter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Panter getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,819 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,528 in 2010, down 16%.

The surname Panter

An English occupational surname, carried by 1,528 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P536

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Panter is more common than 88.8% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Panter is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,528 people named Panter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 202,059 Americans. That is down 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,819.

#18,208

rank among US surnames

1,528

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-16%

change since 2000 (was #14,928)

Who is named Panter

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

93% of people named Panter identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Panter

Panter has the Soundex code P536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P536.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Panter come from?: An occupational surname, from Middle English panter (“manager of the pantry and food”).
How common is the surname Panter?: 1,528 people in the United States had the surname Panter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 202,059 Americans. It ranked 18,208th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Panter?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Panter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Panter?: Panter is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Panter getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,819 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,528 in 2010, down 16%.