The Montagne surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 578 people carried this name — #38,332 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 500,000 people counted. That is down 4% from 601 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Montagne surname
Borrowed from French Montagne or Montagné.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Montagne» (English), 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 4,947 people named Montagne.
51 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 96 départements, most often Nord.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
35 people named Montagne live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 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 Montagne,
with a public archive behind them.
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Camille Montagne 1784–1866 · botanical collector -
Édouard Montagne 1830–1899 · writer -
Alfred Montagne 1841–1939 · military personnel -
Caroline Montagne Roux 1851–1941 · entrepreneur -
Marie-Berthe Montagne Roux 1852– · dressmaker
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Jean-Baptiste Montagne d. 1901 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Montagne.
- Mons 308 · U.S. census
- Monsegur 140 · U.S. census
- Monserrat 375 · U.S. census
- Mont 624 · U.S. census
- Monta 292 · U.S. census
- Montagna 1,585 · U.S. census
- Montaigne 143 · U.S. census
- Montalban 725 · U.S. census
- Montalbano 3,245 · U.S. census
- Montalto 1,534 · U.S. census
- Montana 4,744 · U.S. census
- Montanard 176 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Montagne is.
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