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The Lamontagne surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,539 people carried this name — #9,211 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 83,300 people counted. That is up 5% from 3,363 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Lamontagne surname

A surname transferred from the common noun.

From la (“the”) + montagne (“mountain”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Lamontagne» (French), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 400 people named Lamontagne.

12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 54 départements, most often Vosges.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 12
Vosges 64
Paris 43
Meurthe-et-Moselle 40
Haute-Vienne 17
Yvelines 16
Indre 14
Ain 13
Haute-Marne 10

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Lamontagne in American newspapers,
1890–1921.

Newspaper page from Echo De L'ouest carrying the name Lamontagne
Echo De L'ouest 1890-07-24
Newspaper page from Echo De L'ouest carrying the name Lamontagne
Echo De L'ouest 1892-10-20
Newspaper page from The Nome Nugget carrying the name Lamontagne
The Nome Nugget 1921-10-29

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,305 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Lamontagne,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Alfred Lamontagne
    Alfred Lamontagne 1883–1967 · architect
  • Blanche Lamontagne-Beauregard
    Blanche Lamontagne-Beauregard 1889–1958 · writer
  • Roland Lamontagne
    Roland Lamontagne 1921–2011 · historian
  • Yves Lamontagne
    Yves Lamontagne 1941– · psychiatrist
  • John La Montagne
    John La Montagne 1943–2004 · biomedical scientist

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 76 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Lamontagne is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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