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    The surname Montiel

    A surname, carried by 12,376 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M534

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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). Montiel is more common than 98.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 12,376 people named Montiel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,947 Americans. That is up 57% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,899.

    #2,896
    rank among US surnames
    12,376
    people in 2010
    4.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +56.7%
    change since 2000 (was #4,152)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,887Jaeger12,43624,827
    #2,888Smalls12,43524,829
    #2,889Clevenger12,42824,843
    #2,891Bollinger12,42524,849
    #2,892Armendariz12,42324,853
    #2,893Denson12,41924,861
    #2,894Mixon12,39424,911

    Who is named Montiel

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

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

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • Two or more races 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Montiels

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Gonzalo Montiel
      Argentinian association football player, born 1997
    • Dito Montiel
      American film director, writer and musician, born 1965
    • Santiago Montiel
      Argentine footballer, born 2000

    Notable Montiels come mostly from Argentina (2) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Montiel

    Montiel has the Soundex code M534, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M534.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Montiel?
    12,376 people in the United States had the surname Montiel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,947 Americans. It ranked 2,896th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Montiel?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Montiel identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Montiel?
    Gonzalo Montiel, Argentinian association football player, followed by Dito Montiel.
    Where is the surname Montiel most common?
    Wikidata records people named Montiel in Argentina and the United States.
    Is the surname Montiel getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,899 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,376 in 2010, up 57%.