Find out how popular the last name Antolin is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Antolin.

Antolin, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Antolin surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Antolin in America

Antolin is the 23485th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Antolin surname appeared 1,082 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Antolin.

We can also compare 2010 data for Antolin to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Antolin

The surname Antolin has its origins in Spain and is derived from the Spanish personal name Antolín, which is a diminutive form of the Latin name Antonius. This name can be traced back to ancient Roman times and was a common name among Roman citizens.

The earliest recorded use of the surname Antolin can be found in medieval Spanish records dating back to the 12th century. It is believed that the name was first adopted as a hereditary surname in the regions of Castile and Aragon, where it was particularly prevalent.

One of the earliest documented references to the surname Antolin is in a cartulary from the Monastery of San Pedro de Arlanza in Burgos, dated around 1175. This document mentions a certain "Petro Antolinez" as a landowner in the area.

Another notable historical figure with the surname Antolin was Juan Antolinez de Burgos, a 15th-century Spanish jurist and diplomat who served as ambassador to the court of King Henry IV of England in the 1460s.

In the 16th century, the surname Antolin can be found in various records related to the Spanish exploration and conquest of the Americas. One notable individual was Pedro Antolin, a conquistador who accompanied Hernán Cortés on his expedition to Mexico in 1519.

During the 17th and 18th centuries, the surname Antolin spread throughout Spain and its colonies, with notable bearers including Diego Antolin de la Cueva, a Spanish soldier and colonial administrator who served as governor of the Philippine Islands from 1701 to 1709.

In more recent times, one of the most renowned individuals with the surname Antolin was Mariano Antolin Rato (1882-1953), a Spanish lawyer and politician who served as the Minister of Justice during the Second Spanish Republic in the 1930s.

While the surname Antolin has its roots in Spain, it has since spread to other parts of the world, particularly Latin America and the Philippines, due to Spanish colonial influence. Today, the name can be found among individuals of Spanish, Hispanic, and Filipino descent.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Antolin

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Antolin.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Antolin was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Antolin has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Antolin was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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