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The surname Montalvan

A surname, carried by 1,252 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M534

Montalvan: #21,009 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Montalvan #21,009, 1,252 people Montalvan: #21,009 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Montalvan #21,009, 1,252 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Montalvan is more common than 87.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,252 people named Montalvan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 246,602 Americans. That is up 48% since 2000, when the Census counted 849.

#21,009
rank among US surnames
1,252
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+47.5%
change since 2000 (was #26,898)

Who is named Montalvan

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Montalvan identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.3% as white (not Hispanic).

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 95%
  • White (not Hispanic) 4.3%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Montalvan

Montalvan has the Soundex code M534, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M534.

Questions

How common is the surname Montalvan?
1,252 people in the United States had the surname Montalvan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 246,602 Americans. It ranked 21,009th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Montalvan?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Montalvan identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.3% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Montalvan getting more or less common?
More common. 849 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,252 in 2010, up 48%.