How common is the surname Montoya?

71,844 people in the United States had the surname Montoya in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,297 Americans. It ranked 459th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Montoya?

Al Montoya, American ice hockey goaltender, followed by Joseph Montoya.

Where is the surname Montoya most common?

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

Is the surname Montoya getting more or less common?

More common. 57,075 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 71,844 in 2010, up 26%.

The surname Montoya

A Spanish surname, carried by 71,844 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M530

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Montoya is more common than 99.7% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

From Spanish Montoya, from Basque Montoia.

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 71,844 people named Montoya in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 4,297 Americans. That is up 26% since 2000, when the Census counted 57,075.

#459

rank among US surnames

71,844

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+25.9%

change since 2000 (was #526)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#450	Brady	73,145	4,221
#451	Goodman	73,136	4,222
#452	Roman	72,918	4,234
#453	Webster	72,625	4,251
#454	Goodwin	72,451	4,261
#455	Fischer	72,357	4,267
#456	Huang	72,328	4,269

Who is named Montoya

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

88% of people named Montoya identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 8.7% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.4% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

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

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Montoyas

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Al Montoya
American ice hockey goaltender, born 1985
Joseph Montoya
American politician (1915-1978)
Julián Montoya
Argentine rugby union player, born 1993
Coco Montoya
American musician, born 1951
Víctor Montoya
Bolivian writer, born 1958
Néstor Montoya
American politician (1862–1923)

Notable Montoyas come mostly from the United States (4), Argentina (1) and Sweden (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Montoya

Montoya has the Soundex code M530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M530.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Montoya come from?: From Spanish Montoya, from Basque Montoia.
How common is the surname Montoya?: 71,844 people in the United States had the surname Montoya in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,297 Americans. It ranked 459th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Montoya?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Montoya identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 8.7% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Montoya?: Al Montoya, American ice hockey goaltender, followed by Joseph Montoya.
Where is the surname Montoya most common?: Wikidata records people named Montoya in the United States, Argentina and Sweden.
Is the surname Montoya getting more or less common?: More common. 57,075 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 71,844 in 2010, up 26%.