Where Does the Penter Surname Come From?

Penter is how some branches of the Panter family came to write their name. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “The official in charge of bread in a large household”.

• Penter ranked 90,113 in the 2010 US Census, with 205 people answering to the name.
• The same family of names includes Punter and Panther.
• Spelled with “e” instead of “a”, Penter shows how the same name was heard and written differently.

Arms associated with the name

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Penter, so the heraldry linked to Panter is a starting point, not an automatic right. Get the complete Penter report, with a museum-style coat of arms.