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The surname Montesino

A surname, carried by 1,371 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex M532

Montesino: #19,654 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Montesino #19,654, 1,371 people Montesino: #19,654 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Montesino #19,654, 1,371 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Montesino is more common than 87.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,371 people named Montesino in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 225,197 Americans. That is up 56% since 2000, when the Census counted 881.

#19,654
rank among US surnames
1,371
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+55.6%
change since 2000 (was #26,125)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#19,646Garrigan1,372225,033
#19,654Punch1,371225,197

Who is named Montesino

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

94% of people named Montesino identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.8% as white (not Hispanic).

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
  • White (not Hispanic) 4.8%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Montesino

Montesino 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 Montesino?
1,371 people in the United States had the surname Montesino in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 225,197 Americans. It ranked 19,654th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Montesino?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Montesino identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.8% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Montesino getting more or less common?
More common. 881 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,371 in 2010, up 56%.