# Montoya (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/montoya/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 71,844 |
| US rank (2010) | 459 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 4,297 people |
| Change since 2000 | +26% (57,075 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Spanish Montoya, from Basque Montoia.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Montoya in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 8.7% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 88% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 0.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Montoya in the United States, Argentina and Sweden.

## People named Montoya

- Al Montoya, American ice hockey goaltender
- Joseph Montoya, American politician (1915-1978)
- Julián Montoya, Argentine rugby union player
- Coco Montoya, American musician
- Víctor Montoya, Bolivian writer
- Néstor Montoya, American politician (1862–1923)

## Similar surnames

Mount, Monday, Monte, Monti, Monty, Mondy, Mohamed, Muhammad, Mohammed, Mundy, Mohammad, Mahmood.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.