The Abrantes surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 608 people carried this name — #36,736 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is up 11% from 546 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 189 people named Abrantes live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
167 people named Abrantes live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 83 people named Abrantes.
25 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often La Réunion.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Abrantes,
with a public archive behind them.
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Domingos Abrantes 1936– · politician -
Laura Soares Abrantes 1950– · sociologist -
Mara Abrantes 1934–2021 · actor
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Mara Abrantes 1934–2021 · actor
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Afonso Sequeira Abrantes 1945–2021 · politician
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Fatima Abrantes 1956– · oceanographer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Abrantes.
- Ablin 147 · U.S. census
- Abon 166 · U.S. census
- Abraham 31,303 · U.S. census
- Abrahamian 661 · U.S. census
- Abram 5,514 · U.S. census
- Abramowicz 191 · U.S. census
- Abreu 17,998 · U.S. census
- Abril 2,379 · U.S. census
- Abry 144 · U.S. census
- Absalon 208 · U.S. census
- Abt 1,388 · U.S. census
- Acar 265 · U.S. census
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