How common is the surname Montano?

27,276 people in the United States had the surname Montano in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,319 Americans. It ranked 1,286th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Montano?

Alysia Montaño, American middle distance runner, followed by Nicco Montaño.

Where is the surname Montano most common?

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

Is the surname Montano getting more or less common?

More common. 21,110 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 27,276 in 2010, up 29%.

The surname Montano

An Italian surname, carried by 27,276 people in the United States.

3 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). Montano is more common than 99.2% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

From Romance; from Italian Montano and Spanish Montaño.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 27,276 people named Montano in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 11,319 Americans. That is up 29% since 2000, when the Census counted 21,110.

#1,286

rank among US surnames

27,276

people in 2010

9.3

per 100,000 Americans

+29.2%

change since 2000 (was #1,562)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,277	Manuel	27,529	11,215
#1,278	Burks	27,523	11,218
#1,279	Chin	27,487	11,232
#1,280	Quiroz	27,452	11,247
#1,281	Hopper	27,353	11,287
#1,282	McGill	27,330	11,297
#1,283	Dolan	27,329	11,297

Who is named Montano

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

86% of people named Montano identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 11% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

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

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Montanos

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alysia Montaño
American middle distance runner, born 1986
Nicco Montaño
American mixed martial artist, born 1988
Sumalee Montano
American actress, born 1972
Lilly Gabriela Montaño Viaña
Bolivian politician, born 1975
Val Valentino
American magician, born 1956

Notable Montanos come mostly from the United States (4) and Bolivia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Montano

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

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Montano come from?: From Romance; from Italian Montano and Spanish Montaño.
How common is the surname Montano?: 27,276 people in the United States had the surname Montano in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,319 Americans. It ranked 1,286th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Montano?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Montano identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 11% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Montano?: Alysia Montaño, American middle distance runner, followed by Nicco Montaño.
Where is the surname Montano most common?: Wikidata records people named Montano in the United States and Bolivia.
Is the surname Montano getting more or less common?: More common. 21,110 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 27,276 in 2010, up 29%.