Montagna surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Montagna surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,585 people carried this name — #17,699 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 185,200 people counted. That is up 14% from 1,385 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 937 people named Montagna 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 485
City of Buenos Aires 143
Santa Fe 134
Córdoba 81
Salta 51
Mendoza 16
Tierra del Fuego 16
San Juan 11

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

166 people named Montagna live in Switzerland.

They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Ticino 41
Zurich 34
Vaud 34
Geneva 11
Thurgau 9
Aargau 9
Bern 8
St. Gallen 5

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 106 people named Montagna.

52 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Paris.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 52
Paris 13
Bouches-du-Rhône 6
Yvelines 5
Vienne 4
Aisne 4
Gers 3
Haute-Garonne 2
Essonne 2

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 53 people named Montagna 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 Hainaut.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Hainaut 41
Liège 12

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Montagna,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Leonardo Montagna 1426–1485 · poet
  • Bartolomeo Montagna 1450–1523 · painter
  • Benedetto Montagna 1480–1600 · painter
  • Benedetto Montagna 1480–1558 · painter
  • Pietro Montagna 1825– · physician
  • Giulio Cesare Montagna 1874–1953 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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