The Ponte surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,924 people carried this name — #10,894 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 101,000 people counted. That is up 19% from 2,465 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 2,027 people named Ponte 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 mapWhere they live today
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 278 people named Ponte.
51 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 42 départements, most often Isère.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
99 people named Ponte live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ponte.
- Poncin 196 · U.S. census
- Poncy 108 · U.S. census
- Pone 509 · U.S. census
- Pons 2,384 · U.S. census
- Ponson 199 · U.S. census
- Pont 502 · U.S. census
- Pontello 207 · U.S. census
- Pontes 1,127 · U.S. census
- Ponthier 269 · U.S. census
- Ponthieux 403 · U.S. census
- Ponti 402 · U.S. census
- Ponticelli 306 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Ponte is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.