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    The surname Montesinos

    A surname, carried by 2,172 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex M532

    Montesinos: #13,903 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Montesinos #13,903, 2,172 people Montesinos: #13,903 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Montesinos #13,903, 2,172 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Montesinos is more common than 91.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,172 people named Montesinos in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 142,148 Americans. That is up 69% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,283.

    #13,903
    rank among US surnames
    2,172
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +69.3%
    change since 2000 (was #19,480)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,903Montesinos2,172142,148
    #13,911Forcier2,171142,214

    Who is named Montesinos

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

    96% of people named Montesinos identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.7% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 96%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

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    Surnames that sound like Montesinos

    Montesinos 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 Montesinos?
    2,172 people in the United States had the surname Montesinos in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 142,148 Americans. It ranked 13,903rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Montesinos?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Montesinos identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.7% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Montesinos getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,283 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,172 in 2010, up 69%.