The Monforte surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 522 people carried this name — #41,657 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is up 7% from 488 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Monforte surname
Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Monforte, both habitational surnames.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Monforte» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 340 people named Monforte 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 61 people named Monforte.
17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
24 people named Monforte live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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.
In print
Monforte in American newspapers,
1908–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 648 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Monforte,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giovanni Vincenzo Monforte 1733–1802 · Catholic priest -
Fulgenzio Arminio Monforte 1620–1680 · Catholic priest
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Antonio Monforte 1782–1854 · Catholic priest
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Andoni Monforte Arregui 1946– · lawyer
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Carlos Monforte 1949–2026 · journalist
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Gianni Palagonia 1961– · actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Monforte.
- 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
- Monfort 1,114 · 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
- Monico 1,318 · U.S. census
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