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    The surname Montemayor

    A Spanish surname, carried by 8,106 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex M535

    Montemayor: #4,386 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Montemayor #4,386, 8,106 people Montemayor: #4,386 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Montemayor #4,386, 8,106 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Montemayor is more common than 97.3% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    From Spanish Montemayor.

    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 8,106 people named Montemayor in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 38,089 Americans. That is up 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,630.

    #4,386
    rank among US surnames
    8,106
    people in 2010
    2.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +22.3%
    change since 2000 (was #4,860)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,378Pendergrass8,12338,009
    #4,379Fain8,12238,013
    #4,380Ramsay8,12038,023
    #4,381Manriquez8,11938,028
    #4,382Fort8,11738,037
    #4,383Troy8,10938,074
    #4,384Clem8,10738,084

    Who is named Montemayor

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

    82% of people named Montemayor identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 9.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 7.7% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 82%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 9.0%
    • White (not Hispanic) 7.7%
    • Two or more races 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Montemayors

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Luis Mariano Montemayor
      Argentinan Roman-Catholic archbishop, apostolic nuncio, born 1956

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Montemayor

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

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Montemayor come from?
    From Spanish Montemayor.
    How common is the surname Montemayor?
    8,106 people in the United States had the surname Montemayor in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,089 Americans. It ranked 4,386th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Montemayor?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Montemayor identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 9.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Montemayor?
    Luis Mariano Montemayor, Argentinan Roman-Catholic archbishop, apostolic nuncio.
    Where is the surname Montemayor most common?
    Wikidata records people named Montemayor in Argentina.
    Is the surname Montemayor getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,630 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,106 in 2010, up 22%.