Antunez

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/antuneθ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Antunez is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Argentina than in any other country. In Uruguay it is the 52nd most common surname.

rarermore common
  • UYUruguay1 in 317(measured from records)
  • HNHonduras≈1 in 695
  • ARArgentina1 in 3.2K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Argentina (measured from records)

14,301 people

Sources
247 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 317 (inferred from the name graph)

Uruguay

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Antunez counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Antunez is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
AR Argentina#45414,3011 in 3.2K14KAntunez73
HN Honduras#87≈13,000 est.≈1 in 695—Antunez40
UY Uruguay#5210,6991 in 31711KAntunez49
ES Spain#7476,5021 in 7.7K6.5KAntunez108
US United States—5,8081 in 57K5.9KAntunez247
PY Paraguay#276≈2,000 est.≈1 in 3.7K—Antunez24

14,301 people counted by RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Antunez is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Spain, Argentina

    Languages: French, Catalan

    Also written Antúnez, Antuñez, Antûnez, Antúñez

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Antùnez, Antúnez, Antúñez

  • Hindi surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Spain, Peru

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Antúnez

  • Swahili surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Spain, Peru

    Also written Antúnez

  • Italian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain, United States, Italy, Peru

    Also written Antúnez, Antuñez

  • Russian surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Spain, Russia

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Antúnez

  • Danish surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Denmark, Spain

    Languages: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish

    Also written Antúnez, Antúñez

29 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalEstimado/a Antunez,Dear Antunez, (English)
InformalEstimado/a Antunez,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 19 sources across 14 countries.

Official registers attesting Antunez
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—14K—
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—11K—
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—6.5K#833
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—6.5K#833
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020205.9K#5,636
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020105.8K#5,931
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020003.6K#8,377
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Antunez?
A machine transcription gives /antuneθ/ (IPA) for Spanish.
In which country does Antunez have the most bearers?
In Argentina, the national register counted about 14 thousand people named Antunez, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled antunez.
Where is Antunez most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Antunez is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 317 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Antunez?
In Argentina, the national register counted 14,301 people named Antunez, about 1 in 3.2 thousand residents.
How common is Antunez compared with other names?
In Argentina, Antunez is the 454th most common surname of 398,256 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Antunez” — the 454th most common surname in Argentina. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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