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    The surname Montes

    A Spanish surname, carried by 48,142 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M532

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Montes is more common than 99.6% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    From Spanish Montes.

    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 48,142 people named Montes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 6,413 Americans. That is up 37% since 2000, when the Census counted 35,196.

    #723
    rank among US surnames
    48,142
    people in 2010
    16
    per 100,000 Americans
    +36.8%
    change since 2000 (was #901)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #714Gilmore48,7196,337
    #715Russo48,6966,340
    #716Villegas48,5996,353
    #717Hobbs48,5226,363
    #718Keith48,4876,368
    #719Wilkerson48,4446,373
    #720Ahmed48,3196,390

    Who is named Montes

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

    93% of people named Montes identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.5% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    • Two or more races 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Montess

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ana Montes
      American intelligence analyst, born 1957
    • Alessio Castro-Montes
      Association football player, born 1997
    • Pablo Montes
      Athletics competitor (1945-2008)
    • Jacob Montes
      American soccer player, born 1998

    Notable Montess come mostly from the United States (2), Belgium (1) and Cuba (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Montes

    Montes 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 Montes come from?
    From Spanish Montes.
    How common is the surname Montes?
    48,142 people in the United States had the surname Montes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,413 Americans. It ranked 723rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Montes?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Montes identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.5% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Montes?
    Ana Montes, American intelligence analyst, followed by Alessio Castro-Montes.
    Where is the surname Montes most common?
    Wikidata records people named Montes in the United States, Belgium and Cuba.
    Is the surname Montes getting more or less common?
    More common. 35,196 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 48,142 in 2010, up 37%.