How common is the surname Montanaro?

1,298 people in the United States had the surname Montanaro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 237,863 Americans. It ranked 20,458th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Montanaro?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Montanaro identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Montanaro getting more or less common?

More common. 1,066 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,298 in 2010, up 22%.

The surname Montanaro

A surname, carried by 1,298 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex M535

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Montanaro is more common than 87.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,298 people named Montanaro in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 237,863 Americans. That is up 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,066.

#20,458

rank among US surnames

1,298

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+21.8%

change since 2000 (was #22,521)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#20,449	Louk	1,299	237,679
#20,458	Rencher	1,298	237,863

Who is named Montanaro

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

92% of people named Montanaro identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.2%
Two or more races 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Montanaro

Montanaro has the Soundex code M535, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M535.

Questions

How common is the surname Montanaro?: 1,298 people in the United States had the surname Montanaro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 237,863 Americans. It ranked 20,458th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Montanaro?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Montanaro identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Montanaro getting more or less common?: More common. 1,066 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,298 in 2010, up 22%.