The Aponte surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 15,828 people carried this name — #2,305 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 18,600 people counted. That is up 23% from 12,905 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 3,278 people named Aponte 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 1,196
City of Buenos Aires 540
Formosa 393
Misiones 251
Salta 234
Córdoba 165
Chaco 136
Santa Fe 120

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

60 people named Aponte live in Switzerland.

They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

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

Where they live today

Geneva 25
Zurich 8
Bern 6
Basel-Stadt 5
Ticino 5
St. Gallen 4
Valais 4
Basel-Landschaft 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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 23 people named Aponte.

4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 2 départements, most often Var.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 4
Var 14
Bouches-du-Rhône 5

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

In print

Aponte in American newspapers,
1922–1928.

Newspaper page from New Britain Herald carrying the name Aponte
New Britain Herald 1928-07-24
Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Aponte
New-york Tribune 1922-08-08

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 13,076 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Aponte,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Emanuele Aponte d. 1815 · regular cleric
  • Pedro de Aponte 1450–1530 · painter
  • Antonio Aponte Córdoba 1660–1800 · military personnel
  • Pedro Juan Aponte 1820–1891 · Catholic priest
  • Adolfo Aponte 1873–1949
  • Salvatore Aponte 1892–1956 · journalist

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Aponte,
in the records of 3 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 States451 records

451 records of the Aponte name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 166
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 153
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 83
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 32
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 10
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Alexander D. Aponte

    Born 1909. Enlisted 1943 at New York City; garment worker from New York County, New York. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1988, buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Antonino Aponte

    Arrived at New York in 1898 aboard the California from Naples, aged 50; sailor. From Sorrento, Napoli, Italy; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Edwin Aponte

    Born 1944; from Newark, New Jersey. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1967 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 451 records for Aponte in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). 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); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

France9 records

9 records of the Aponte 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 Raphaele Pascaline Aponte

    Born 1911 in Saint-Mandrier-sur-Mer; died 1998 in Saint-Mandrier-sur-Mer (Var).

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

    Born 1903 in La Seyne-sur-Mer; died 1980 in La Seyne-sur-Mer (Var).

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

    Born 1937 in Marseille; died 1986 in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 9 records for Aponte 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).

Netherlands3 records

3 records of the Aponte name in the Netherlands Dutch church registers before 1811
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Hendrik Karel Aponte

    Married in 1709 in Breda.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Breda (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Jurriaen Aponte

    Married in 1696 in Woerden.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Melchior Aponte

    Married in 1704 in Woerden.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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