The Pantoja surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 15,249 people carried this name — #2,383 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 19,300 people counted. That is up 45% from 10,507 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Pantoja surname

A surname from Spanish, common in northern Brazil.

Borrowed from Spanish Pantoja.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Pantoja» (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 2,424 people named Pantoja 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 Jujuy.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Jujuy 693
Salta 663
Buenos Aires Province 411
City of Buenos Aires 186
Córdoba 73
Río Negro 54
Santa Fe 45
Tierra del Fuego 42

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

30 people named Pantoja live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

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

Where they live today

Vaud 11
Zurich 9
Geneva 7
Solothurn 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

Pantoja in American newspapers,
1916–1927.

Newspaper page from El Tucsonense carrying the name Pantoja
El Tucsonense 1927-02-01
Newspaper page from La Prensa carrying the name Pantoja
La Prensa 1920-02-03
Newspaper page from The Monmouth Inquirer carrying the name Pantoja
The Monmouth Inquirer 1916-12-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 731 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Pantoja,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Juan Pantoja de la Cruz
    Juan Pantoja de la Cruz 1553–1608 · painter
  • Gustavo Adolfo de Aguilar Pantoja
    Gustavo Adolfo de Aguilar Pantoja 1798–1867 · politician
  • Vicente Pantoja Galán d. 1722 · composer
  • Víctor Pantoja 1869–1904 · military personnel
  • Miguel Alandia Pantoja 1914–1975 · painter
  • Antonia Pantoja 1922–2002 · teacher

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 Pantoja,
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 States249 records

249 records of the Pantoja name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 159
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 45
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 37
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 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 Baldemar S. Pantoja

    Born 1919 in Texas. Enlisted 1946 at Kelly Field, from Wilson County. U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II; died 1977, buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Cipriano J. Pantoja

    Born 1946; from Houston, Texas. U.S. Army, fire support specialist; killed in action 1967 in Binh Duong, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Manuel M. Pantoja

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1931, died 1991; buried at National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 249 records for Pantoja in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (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, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

France2 records

2 records of the Pantoja 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 Albertino Pantoja

    Born 1923 in Brazil; died 1993 in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni (Guyane).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Pantoja 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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