The surname Monteiro
A surname, carried by 6,965 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex M536
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 6,965 people named Monteiro in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 44,328 Americans. That is up 32% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,293.
Who is named Monteiro
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
55% of people named Monteiro identified as white (not Hispanic), 28% as Black (not Hispanic) and 6.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 55%
- Black (not Hispanic) 28%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.7%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 5.7%
- Two or more races 4.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Famous Monteiros
13 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Monteiro LobatoBrazilian writer (1882–1948)
- Felipe Augusto de Almeida MonteiroBrazilian footballer, born 1989
- Joel de Oliveira MonteiroBrazilian footballer (1904-1990)
- Thiago MonteiroBrazilian tennis player (born 1994)
- Giselli MonteiroBrazilian Indian actress, born 1988
- Cláudia MonteiroBrazilian tennis player, born 1961
- Cléber MonteiroBrazilian footballer, born 1980
- Thiago MonteiroBrazilian table tennis player, born 1981
- Wellington MonteiroBrazilian footballer, born 1978
- Dóris MonteiroBrazilian singer (1934–2023)
- Hebe CamargoBrazilian recording artist, television host, actress and singer (1929–2012)
- Fernanda MontenegroBrazilian actress and writer, born 1929
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Monteiro
Monteiro has the Soundex code M536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M536.
Questions
- How common is the surname Monteiro?
- 6,965 people in the United States had the surname Monteiro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,328 Americans. It ranked 5,036th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Monteiro?
- In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Monteiro identified as white (not Hispanic), and 28% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Monteiro?
- Monteiro Lobato, Brazilian writer (1882–1948), followed by Felipe Augusto de Almeida Monteiro.
- Where is the surname Monteiro most common?
- Wikidata records people named Monteiro in Brazil.
- Is the surname Monteiro getting more or less common?
- More common. 5,293 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,965 in 2010, up 32%.