How common is the surname Montufar?

1,223 people in the United States had the surname Montufar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 252,449 Americans. It ranked 21,393rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Montufar?

Alonso de Montúfar, Archbishop of Mexico.

Where is the surname Montufar most common?

Wikidata records people named Montufar in New Spain.

Is the surname Montufar getting more or less common?

More common. 740 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,223 in 2010, up 65%.

The surname Montufar

A surname, carried by 1,223 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M531

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Montufar is more common than 86.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,223 people named Montufar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 252,449 Americans. That is up 65% since 2000, when the Census counted 740.

#21,393

rank among US surnames

1,223

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+65.3%

change since 2000 (was #29,932)

Who is named Montufar

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

96% of people named Montufar identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.5% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 96%
White (not Hispanic) 3.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Montufars

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alonso de Montúfar
Archbishop of Mexico, 1489–1572

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Montufar

Montford

Montufar has the Soundex code M531, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M531.

Questions

How common is the surname Montufar?: 1,223 people in the United States had the surname Montufar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 252,449 Americans. It ranked 21,393rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Montufar?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Montufar identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.5% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Montufar?: Alonso de Montúfar, Archbishop of Mexico.
Where is the surname Montufar most common?: Wikidata records people named Montufar in New Spain.
Is the surname Montufar getting more or less common?: More common. 740 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,223 in 2010, up 65%.