# Monte (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,560 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,317 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 67,707 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.1% (4,257 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Spanish, Portuguese, or Italian, from monte.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Monte 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) | 72% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 13% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 4.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 5.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Monte in Brazil and the United States.

## People named Monte

- Marisa Monte, Brazilian singer
- Lou Monte, American singer (1917–1989)
- Manoel Alencar Monte, Brazilian association football player

## Similar surnames

Mount, Monette, Monti, Monty, Montoya, Mohamed, Muhammad, Mohammed, Mundy, Mohammad, Mahmood, Monday.

## 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.