# Montano (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/montano/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from the Romance languages, Italian, or Spanish, equivalent to English Mountain.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 27,276 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,286 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 11,319 people |
| Change since 2000 | +29% (21,110 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Romance; from Italian Montano and Spanish Montaño.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Montano in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 11% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 86% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 0.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Montano in the United States and Bolivia.

## People named Montano

- Alysia Montaño, American middle distance runner
- Nicco Montaño, American mixed martial artist
- Sumalee Montano, American actress
- Lilly Gabriela Montaño Viaña, Bolivian politician
- Val Valentino, American magician

## Similar surnames

Montana, Mountain, Montanez, Montenegro, Montemayor, Montanaro, Minton, Mendenhall, Mendonca, Munden, Manton.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.