How common is the surname Montejano?

3,263 people in the United States had the surname Montejano in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 94,620 Americans. It ranked 9,907th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Montejano getting more or less common?

More common. 2,412 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,263 in 2010, up 35%.

The surname Montejano

A surname, carried by 3,263 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex M532

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Montejano is more common than 93.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,263 people named Montejano in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 94,620 Americans. That is up 35% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,412.

#9,907

rank among US surnames

3,263

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+35.3%

change since 2000 (was #11,884)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,899	Chacko	3,266	94,533
#9,901	Janik	3,265	94,562
#9,902	Stickler	3,264	94,591
#9,907	Chamblee	3,263	94,620
#9,910	Everly	3,262	94,649
#9,912	Mijares	3,259	94,736

Who is named Montejano

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

93% of people named Montejano identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.1% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93%
White (not Hispanic) 6.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Montejano

Montejano has the Soundex code M532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M532.

Questions

How common is the surname Montejano?: 3,263 people in the United States had the surname Montejano in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 94,620 Americans. It ranked 9,907th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Montejano?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Montejano identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.1% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Montejano getting more or less common?: More common. 2,412 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,263 in 2010, up 35%.