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    The surname Montesano

    A surname, carried by 1,280 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex M532

    Montesano: #20,676 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Montesano #20,676, 1,280 people Montesano: #20,676 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Montesano #20,676, 1,280 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Montesano is more common than 87.3% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,280 people named Montesano in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 241,207 Americans. That is up 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,208.

    #20,676
    rank among US surnames
    1,280
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6%
    change since 2000 (was #20,436)

    Who is named Montesano

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

    86% of people named Montesano identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 12%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Montesano

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Montesano?
    1,280 people in the United States had the surname Montesano in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 241,207 Americans. It ranked 20,676th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Montesano?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Montesano identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Montesano getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,208 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,280 in 2010, up 6.0%.