Frontera is used as a family name or surname in Argentina. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Frontera
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Argentina
Meaning: Catalan or Spanish, the name means one who lived near a border.

How popular is Frontera?

Frontera is common in Argentina.

Frontera is ranked 62272 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Frontera bearers increased by 3.167421 per cent in 2010 US census to 684 since 2000, the surname slipped by 727 spots and ranked at 33379. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 78.95 83.41
Hispanic or Latino 17.4 12.97
Others 2.05 1.21
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.32 2.11
Frontera is quite popular family name mostly used in Argentina while Puerto Rico is ahead in terms of density. Around 7375 people have been found who wears Frontera as their family name. Frontera is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
90,215 Germany3
4,096 Dominican Republic3
14,408 Uruguay2
3,871 Paraguay2
54,135 Philippines2
26,532 Chile2
5,139 Bolivia2
54,641 Sweden2
897,276 Russia1
38,841 Scotland1
3,307 Malta1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
12,741 Ecuador1
801 Cape Verde1
1,542 Andorra1
7,191 Afghanistan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
107,506 England27
156,482 Canada14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
12,039 Colombia70
Countries with hundreds of Frontera:
11,444 Italy941
33,570 United States864
5,193 Spain835
475 Puerto Rico679
11,329 Mexico393
37,175 France269
52,914 Brazil191
10,984 Venezuela125
Countries with thousands of Frontera:
1,607 Argentina2,941
Show Full Last Name Distribution

Immigrants to US

From Italy

24 years old laborer Antonio-Giulio Frontera who was residing in Nicastro, Italy migrated to Pittsburg on October 1, 1900 by Tartar Prince put out from Genoa. Berardino Frontera (22) Farmer, 49 years old Francesco Frontera, 32 years old Giuseppe Frontera, 37 years old Pasquale Frontera, R. Frontera, aged 34, 14 years old Rosa Frontera, Rosario Frontera, aged 39, Salvatore Frontera (30) Sailor, are other Frontera that migrated to US from Antwerp, Messina, Naples, Palermo & Trieste, Genoa, Genoa & Naples and Gibraltar & Naples.

Frontera Namesakes

  • Jaime Frontera, Basketball Player

Related Family Names: