# Montero (surname)

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

A surname from Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 17,314 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,090 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 17,832 people |
| Change since 2000 | +44% (11,997 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Spanish.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Montero 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) | 10.0% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 85% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 0.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Montero in Argentina, Mexico, Venezuela and Bolivia.

## People named Montero

- María Berea de Montero, Argentine chess player (1914–1983)
- Victoria Montero, badminton player
- Miguel Montero, Baseball player from Venezuela
- Edmundo Luis Flavio Abastoflor Montero, Bolivian catholic bishop

## Similar surnames

Minter, Monteiro, Montroy, Munter, Mondragon, Monterroso, Monterrosa, Montrose, Manders, Minder, Mandrell, Mander.

## 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.