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The Panter surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,528 people carried this name — #18,208 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 192,300 people counted. That is down 16% from 1,819 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Panter surname

An occupational surname, from Middle English panter (“manager of the pantry and food”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Panter» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Poland’s population register

208 people named Panter have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 254 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 8 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Kuyavian-Pomeranian.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Kuyavian-Pomeranian 98
Silesian 39
Lower Silesian 32
Pomeranian 15
Masovian 10
West Pomeranian 8
Opole 4
Warmian-Masurian 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 62 people named Panter.

6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Moselle.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 6
Moselle 26
Bas-Rhin 23
Haute-Vienne 3
Paris 2
Yvelines 1
Essonne 1

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

In print

Panter in American newspapers,
1882–1926.

Newspaper page from San Marcos Free Press carrying the name Panter
San Marcos Free Press 1882-06-08
Newspaper page from The Indianapolis Times carrying the name Panter
The Indianapolis Times 1926-02-26
Newspaper page from Decorah-posten carrying the name Panter
Decorah-posten 1890-05-21

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 720,996 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Panter,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Elizabeth Panter 1470–
  • Simone Panter-Brick 1923–2011 · jurist
  • Derek Panter 1943–2013 · association football player
  • Howard Panter 1949– · theatre director
  • Kip Eugene Panter 1951–
  • Jürgen Panter 1955– · badminton player

Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

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