The Almonte surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,128 people carried this name — #2,958 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 24,300 people counted. That is up 49% from 8,149 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Almonte surname
Habitational surname borrowed from Spanish Almonte.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Almonte» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 231 people named Almonte 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
112 people named Almonte live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 print
Almonte in American newspapers,
1854–1898.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
In print
Almonte in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1930s.
30 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Almonte. The most, 13, date from the 1930s.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Almonte.
Who carried it
People named Almonte,
with a public archive behind them.
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Juan Almonte 1803–1869 · writer -
Juan Almonte 1803–1869 · writer
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Enrique de Almonte 1858–1917 · naturalist
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Almonte,
in the records of 2 countries.
Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.
United States103 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 56
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 29
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 13
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 2
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Robert W. AlmonteBorn 1919 in Rhode Island. Enlisted 1942 at Providence; waiter. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Rhode Island Veteran Memorial Cemetery, Exeter, Rhode Island.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Vincenzo AlmonteArrived at New York in 1903 aboard the Hohenzollern from Genoa and Naples, aged 18; farmer. From Arquata, Ascoli Piceno, Italy; bound for Philadelphia.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) -
Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s Alien registration Alfonsa T. AlmonteBorn 1879 in the Philippines. Registered as a foreign national in Kauai County, Hawaii, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.
U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)
Showing 3 of 103 records for Almonte in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).
France4 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Francois AlmonteBorn 1911 in Algeria; died 1994 in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Felicite Egista Sophie AlmonteBorn 1900 in Italy; died 1994 in Nice (Alpes-Maritimes).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Robert Charles Marius AlmonteBorn 1932 in Nice; died 2001 in Nice (Alpes-Maritimes).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 4 records for Almonte in France.
Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Almonte.
- Almeida 16,760 · U.S. census
- Almes 146 · U.S. census
- Almodovar 4,112 · U.S. census
- Almon 1,809 · U.S. census
- Almond 7,188 · U.S. census
- Almont 143 · U.S. census
- Almy 1,137 · U.S. census
- Aloi 975 · U.S. census
- Aloisi 451 · U.S. census
- Aloisio 771 · U.S. census
- Alonso 30,389 · U.S. census
- Alonzi 190 · U.S. census
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