# Montrose (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/montrose/  
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 Scottish Gaelic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Scottish Gaelic |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,152 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,359 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 268,008 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.4% (1,063 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Montross |

## Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic moine (“moor”) + rois (“peninsula”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Montrose 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) | 74% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 19% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Montrose in the United States.

## People named Montrose

- Ronnie Montrose, American guitarist (1947–2012)

## Similar surnames

Monterroso, Monterrosa, Montero, Monteiro, Montroy, Mondragon, Minter, Manders, Minder, Mandrell, Munter, Mander.

## 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.