Antunez Surname

8,593rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66,271 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Honduras
Highest density in:
Honduras

Antunez Surname User-submission:

It is a toponymic surname, which comes directly from the given name of Latin origin Antonio (Anthony). It in turn comes from the Roman name Antonius.

This variant of this surname is much less popular than its other variant Antunes and more predominant in México and specially the Michoacán region, where there is a town named Antúnez, after its founder Gonzalo Antúnez Yáñez in the XVII century.

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Antunez Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Honduras15,1081:584141
Mexico13,2121:9,395984
Argentina10,6901:3,998471
Spain6,3061:7,414911
Venezuela4,5511:6,637754
Uruguay3,8301:89693
United States3,4641:104,63611,510
Peru2,3921:13,2881,751
Paraguay2,0311:3,563367
Cuba1,4161:8,138770
Chile1,1421:15,4261,109
Panama6161:6,351689
Brazil4061:527,27719,769
Bolivia3021:35,1542,227
France2301:288,79444,266
Colombia1531:312,2495,838
Ecuador981:162,3057,282
Nicaragua751:80,2811,724
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Belize211:16,9271,658
Switzerland201:410,64630,429
Costa Rica171:281,1813,072
Australia171:1,587,98278,599
Philippines161:6,327,389184,366
Germany151:5,367,031196,901
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
Puerto Rico111:322,7402,767
Iceland91:42,2322,922
Guatemala71:2,297,5246,613
England61:9,286,343223,652
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
El Salvador21:3,171,9446,376
China21:683,660,78330,601
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Aruba11:103,4772,586
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401

The alternate forms: Antúnez (307), Antuñez (84), Antùnez (4) & Antunéz (1) are calculated separately.

Antunez (43) may also be a first name.

Antunez Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

It is a toponymic surname, which comes directly from the given name of Latin origin Antonio (Anthony). It in turn comes from the Roman name Antonius.

This variant of this surname is much less popular than its other variant Antunes and more predominant in México and specially the Michoacán region, where there is a town named Antúnez, after its founder Gonzalo Antúnez Yáñez in the XVII century.

This has become even more true in the last 300 years when priest began changing almost everyone's surname from Antonio to Antunes has attested by the parochial records of many towns in Portugal.

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Antunez Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Antunez Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Antunez has its highest incidence in Honduras. It may appear as a variant: Antúnez, Antuñez, Antùnez or Antunéz. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Antunez? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,593rd most commonly held family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 109,966 people. The last name Antunez occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 88 percent of Antunez reside; 39 percent reside in South America and 24 percent reside in Hispano-Central America. Antunez is also the 1,545,828th most frequently held given name globally, held by 43 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Honduras, where it is borne by 15,108 people, or 1 in 584. In Honduras it is most prevalent in: Olancho Department, where 44 percent reside, Yoro Department, where 12 percent reside and Cortés Department, where 12 percent reside. Not including Honduras Antunez is found in 51 countries. It also occurs in Mexico, where 20 percent reside and Argentina, where 16 percent reside.

Antunez Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Antunez last name are 41.85% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 95.08% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Antunez earn in different countries varies notably. In Peru they earn 9.02% less than the national average, earning S/. 17,636 per year; in Colombia they earn 23.83% less than the national average, earning $17,292,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 19.12% less than the national average, earning $34,899 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.39% less than the national average, earning $47,006 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Antúnez95307/
Antuñez9584/
Antùnez954/
Antunéz951/
Anthunez931/
Antuenez931/
Amntunez931/
Antuinez931/
Antunesz931/
Antuniez931/
Antune92365/
Antunes86358,288/
Antoune86192/
Antuine86103/
Antonez8660/
Antinez8624/
Antuniz8610/
Antunea865/
Antunec863/
Amtunez862/
Anthune862/
Antunee861/
Antuner861/
Entunez861/
Antaune861/
Antunie861/
Antonetz8087/
Anthunes8024/
Antunnes8011/
Anthinez8011/
Antuness808/
Anttunes807/
Anntunes805/
Antunies805/
Ganthune804/
Antunees803/
Auntunes803/
Antuines803/
Aantunes803/
Antusnes802/
Antounes801/
Antuenes801/
Antuunes801/
Antuneus801/
Antounne801/
Eantunes801/
Asntunes801/
Anthunge801/
Anthoune801/
Anthuney800/
Antone776,125/
Antuna774,828/
Antuni77677/
Ontune7795/
Antuny779/
Amtune771/
Antuñe771/
Anthounet7515/
Antheunes7513/
Antonetsz755/
Anthoneyz751/
Anthoniez750/
Antonie715,062/
Antones711,814/
Antoney71467/
Antunis71467/
Anthone71266/
Antunić71128/
Antunha7141/
Antines7133/
Anntuni7129/
Anthuni7122/
Antonea7122/
Antoniz7120/
Hantuna7119/
Gantuni7117/
Entinez7115/
Amtunes7113/
Antouny7110/
Hantuni719/
Anthuna719/
Antunio715/
Antunès714/
Antouna714/
Antonec713/
Antouni713/
Antonee712/
Antunesová712/
Antauni712/
Auntone712/
Entunes712/
Anthuny712/
Antuniy711/
Antuuni711/
Auntuna711/
Antúnes711/
Anttuni711/
Antuini711/
Ontunes711/
Amtoune711/
Asntuni711/
Antauny711/
Antunic711/
Antunna711/
Antunyo711/
Antunés711/
Antuñes711/
Antonne711/
Ontinez711/
Anttone711/
Antunai711/
Antonets673,684/
Anthonie671,180/
Anthoney671,087/
Antunish67297/
Anthoniz67292/
D'Antone67237/
Antheunisse67217/
Antoneac67205/
Anteunis6788/
Anthonee6774/
Antonysz6741/
Antoneas6728/
Antonicz6715/
Anthoene6714/
Anttoney6714/
Hantonne6710/
Anhtonie677/
Anthones676/
Antonies676/
Aantonie676/
Ainthuni675/
Hantouni674/
Anthunis674/
Antunaia673/
Antunios673/
Antonnie673/
Hanthone672/
Antonisz672/
Antonnes672/
Antounis672/
Antunits672/
Anttonie672/
Anthauni671/
Anthunhi671/
Antoeyne671/
Anthouni671/
Antoniec671/
Antounit671/
Antienes671/
Gonteune671/
Antoness670/

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