The Monfort surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,114 people carried this name — #22,963 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 263,200 people counted. That is up 14% from 981 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,137 people named Monfort.
69 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 77 départements, most often Finistère.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 560 people named Monfort live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 319 people named Monfort live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
24 people named Monfort live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Monfort,
with a public archive behind them.
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Silvia Monfort 1923–1991 · writer -
José Monfort Gil d. 1941
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David Monfort 1790–1860 · writer
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Benito Monfort 1800–1871 · photographer
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Francis Cassatte Monfort 1844–1928 · writer
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Viktor Boos zu Waldeck und Monfort 1871–1973 · aristocrat
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Monfort.
- Mone 993 · U.S. census
- Monello 142 · U.S. census
- Moner 112 · U.S. census
- Monet 448 · U.S. census
- Monetti 300 · U.S. census
- Monfils 443 · U.S. census
- Monforte 522 · U.S. census
- Monge 8,418 · U.S. census
- Monges 299 · U.S. census
- Mongin 177 · U.S. census
- Moni 222 · U.S. census
- Monica 1,231 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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