How common is the surname Montero?

17,314 people in the United States had the surname Montero in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,832 Americans. It ranked 2,090th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Montero?

María Berea de Montero, Argentine chess player (1914–1983), followed by Victoria Montero.

Where is the surname Montero most common?

Wikidata records people named Montero in Argentina, Mexico and Venezuela and 1 other country.

Is the surname Montero getting more or less common?

More common. 11,997 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,314 in 2010, up 44%.

The surname Montero

A Spanish surname, carried by 17,314 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M536

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Montero is more common than 98.7% 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 17,314 people named Montero in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 17,832 Americans. That is up 44% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,997.

#2,090

rank among US surnames

17,314

people in 2010

5.9

per 100,000 Americans

+44.3%

change since 2000 (was #2,761)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,081	Cormier	17,377	17,767
#2,082	Bain	17,371	17,774
#2,083	Madsen	17,364	17,781
#2,084	Cavazos	17,361	17,784
#2,085	Burrows	17,355	17,790
#2,086	Busch	17,354	17,791
#2,087	Burroughs	17,336	17,810

Who is named Montero

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

85% of people named Montero identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 10.0% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 85%
White (not Hispanic) 10.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
Two or more races 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Monteros

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

María Berea de Montero
Argentine chess player (1914–1983)
Victoria Montero
Badminton player, born 1991
Miguel Montero
Baseball player from Venezuela, born 1983
Edmundo Luis Flavio Abastoflor Montero
Bolivian catholic bishop, born 1943

Notable Monteros come mostly from Argentina (1), Mexico (1) and Venezuela (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Montero

Montero has the Soundex code M536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M536.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Montero come from?: From Spanish.
How common is the surname Montero?: 17,314 people in the United States had the surname Montero in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,832 Americans. It ranked 2,090th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Montero?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Montero identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 10.0% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Montero?: María Berea de Montero, Argentine chess player (1914–1983), followed by Victoria Montero.
Where is the surname Montero most common?: Wikidata records people named Montero in Argentina, Mexico and Venezuela and 1 other country.
Is the surname Montero getting more or less common?: More common. 11,997 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,314 in 2010, up 44%.