The Antunez surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,808 people carried this name — #5,931 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 50,800 people counted. That is up 60% from 3,628 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 14,347 people named Antunez 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 5,531
Buenos Aires Province 4,347
Entre Ríos 655
Corrientes 581
Córdoba 564
Santa Fe 541
City of Buenos Aires 501
San Juan 346

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

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 41 people named Antunez.

20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Marne.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 20
Marne 5
Haute-Garonne 3
Yonne 2
Paris 2
Ariège 2
Landes 1
Nord 1
Gers 1

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

27 people named Antunez live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

St. Gallen 10
Graubünden 6
Bern 4
Fribourg 4
Zurich 3

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

Antunez in American newspapers,
1844.

Newspaper page from Daily National Intelligencer carrying the name Antunez
Daily National Intelligencer 1844-07-25
Newspaper page from Daily National Intelligencer carrying the name Antunez
Daily National Intelligencer 1844-07-22
Newspaper page from Daily National Intelligencer carrying the name Antunez
Daily National Intelligencer 1844-07-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 463 pages in all carry the name.

In the public record

People named Antunez,
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 States70 records

70 records of the Antunez name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 50
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 10
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 7
  • Sacramento County historic burials 2
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Ruben A. Antunez

    Born 1925 in Texas. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Sam Houston; shipping clerk from Cameron County.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Ray A. Antunez

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1899, died 1997; buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Maria R. Antunez

    Born 1905 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 70 records for Antunez in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

France18 records

18 records of the Antunez name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Elise Elicia Antunez

    Born 1921 in Toulouse; died 1999 in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Cyprien Antunez

    Born 1913 in Spain; died 1999 in Nîmes (Gard).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Lydia Francoise Antunez

    Born 1956 in Campet-et-Lamolère (Landes); died 1982 in Saucats (Gironde).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 18 records for Antunez 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).

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