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    The surname Montanez

    A surname, carried by 16,281 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M535

    Montanez: #2,240 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Montanez #2,240, 16,281 people Montanez: #2,240 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Montanez #2,240, 16,281 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Montanez is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 16,281 people named Montanez in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,964 Americans. That is up 30% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,482.

    #2,240
    rank among US surnames
    16,281
    people in 2010
    5.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +30.4%
    change since 2000 (was #2,656)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,231Ruffin16,32418,914
    #2,232Laughlin16,32318,915
    #2,233Rader16,32018,918
    #2,234Baron16,30818,932
    #2,235Trimble16,30618,934
    #2,236Hare16,30418,937
    #2,237Russ16,30018,941

    Who is named Montanez

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

    93% of people named Montanez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.2% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • Two or more races 0.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Montanez

    Montanez 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 Montanez?
    16,281 people in the United States had the surname Montanez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,964 Americans. It ranked 2,240th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Montanez?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Montanez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.2% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Montanez getting more or less common?
    More common. 12,482 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,281 in 2010, up 30%.