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    The surname Montejo

    A Spanish surname, carried by 1,687 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M532

    Montejo: #16,887 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Montejo #16,887, 1,687 people Montejo: #16,887 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Montejo #16,887, 1,687 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Montejo is more common than 89.6% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    From Spanish.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,687 people named Montejo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 183,015 Americans. That is up 64% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,032.

    #16,887
    rank among US surnames
    1,687
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +63.5%
    change since 2000 (was #23,104)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,881Locher1,688182,906
    #16,887Howery1,687183,015
    #16,894Schild1,686183,123

    Who is named Montejo

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

    85% of people named Montejo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.5% as white (not Hispanic) and 6.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 85%
    • White (not Hispanic) 7.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 6.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, 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 Montejo

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

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Montejo come from?
    From Spanish.
    How common is the surname Montejo?
    1,687 people in the United States had the surname Montejo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 183,015 Americans. It ranked 16,887th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Montejo?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Montejo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.5% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Montejo getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,032 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,687 in 2010, up 64%.