The surname Montijo
A Spanish surname, carried by 3,000 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex M532
Origin
Spanish origin
Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese Montijo. This surname is mostly found in Mexico.
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 3,000 people named Montijo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 102,915 Americans. That is up 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,468.
Who is named Montijo
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
89% of people named Montijo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 9.3% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 89%
- White (not Hispanic) 9.3%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
- Two or more races 0.3%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Montijo
Montijo has the Soundex code M532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M532.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Montijo come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese Montijo. This surname is mostly found in Mexico.
- How common is the surname Montijo?
- 3,000 people in the United States had the surname Montijo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 102,915 Americans. It ranked 10,663rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Montijo?
- In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Montijo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 9.3% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Montijo getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,468 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,000 in 2010, up 22%.