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The Antunes surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,770 people carried this name — #16,295 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 166,700 people counted. That is up 34% from 1,322 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Antunes surname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

From António /Antônio + -es (“son of”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Antunes» (Portuguese), 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 2,368 people named Antunes 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 Misiones.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Misiones 1,157
Buenos Aires Province 640
City of Buenos Aires 119
Santa Fe 116
Mendoza 95
Corrientes 95
Tucumán 33
San Luis 28

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

1,390 people named Antunes live in Switzerland.

They live in 22 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Vaud 314
Zurich 206
Geneva 188
Valais 134
Fribourg 108
Bern 79
Aargau 61
Neuchâtel 57

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 649 people named Antunes.

Most of them — 401 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 60 départements, most often Val-de-Marne.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 401
Val-de-Marne 16
Paris 16
Gironde 14
Yvelines 13
Haute-Garonne 12
Rhône 11
Puy-de-Dôme 11
Seine-Maritime 10

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the Nordic population registers

22 people named Antunes is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 22

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Antunes in American newspapers,
1882–1962.

Newspaper page from Der Deutsche Correspondent carrying the name Antunes
Der Deutsche Correspondent 1882-02-25
Newspaper page from The Anaconda Standard carrying the name Antunes
The Anaconda Standard 1897-12-15
Newspaper page from The Sun carrying the name Antunes
The Sun 1912-07-30

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 501 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Antunes,
with a public archive behind them.

  • António José Antunes Navarro
    António José Antunes Navarro 1803–1867 · politician
  • Cândido Antunes de Oliveira
    Cândido Antunes de Oliveira 1825–1891 · businessperson
  • António Augusto Dias Antunes
    António Augusto Dias Antunes 1876–1940 · military officer
  • Ovídio Teixeira
    Ovídio Teixeira 1886–1970 · politician
  • Antunes de Oliveira
    Antunes de Oliveira 1911–1988 · lawyer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 153 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Antunes.

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