The Montalvo surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 23,454 people carried this name — #1,531 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 12,600 people counted. That is up 30% from 18,085 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Montalvo surname

Habitational Spanish surname from many places in Spain, ultimately from Latin montem albus "white mountain."

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Montalvo» (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 1,070 people named Montalvo 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 423
City of Buenos Aires 246
Salta 120
Córdoba 93
Jujuy 41
San Juan 25
Santa Fe 24
Tucumán 18

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

30 people named Montalvo 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

Vaud 10
Aargau 5
Geneva 4
St. Gallen 4
Zurich 4
Schaffhausen 3

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 the Nordic population registers

37 people named Montalvo is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 37

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Montalvo in American newspapers,
1944–1963.

Newspaper page from La Gaceta carrying the name Montalvo
La Gaceta 1944-04-07
Newspaper page from Diario Las AméRicas carrying the name Montalvo
Diario Las AméRicas 1957-03-14
Newspaper page from Diario Las AméRicas carrying the name Montalvo
Diario Las AméRicas 1963-08-08

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 11,686 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Montalvo,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Bartolomé Montalvo
    Bartolomé Montalvo 1769–1846 · painter
  • Juan Montalvo
    Juan Montalvo 1832–1889 · writer
  • Abelardo Montalvo
    Abelardo Montalvo 1876–1950 · politician
  • Gustavo Montalvo
    Gustavo Montalvo 1901– · politician
  • Pedro Lezcano Montalvo
    Pedro Lezcano Montalvo 1920–2002 · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Gustavo Montalvo: Josuefiallo, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); Pedro Lezcano Montalvo: Autoría del Jardín Botánico Canario "Viera y Clavijo" , institución pública perteneciente al Cabildo de Gran Canaria.…, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 63 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Montalvo,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States588 records

588 records of the Montalvo name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 243
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 167
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 117
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 42
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 15
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Erasmo Montalvo

    Born 1919 in Texas. Enlisted 1941 at Fort Sam Houston; welder from Webb County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1981, buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Severina Montalvo

    Arrived at New York in 1912 aboard the Koenig Albert from Genoa, aged 69; house woman. From Chiavari, Genova, Italy; bound for Brooklyn.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Manuel Gualverto Montalvo

    Born 1944; from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army, heavy anti-armor weapons infantryman; killed in action 1967 in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 588 records for Montalvo in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

France5 records

5 records of the Montalvo name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Isabelle Montalvo

    Born 1899 in Choisy-le-Roi (Paris); died 1995 in Switzerland.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Michelle Montalvo

    Born 1941 in Paris; died 1988 in Palaiseau (Essonne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Raphael Montalvo

    Born 1897 in Saint-Michel-sur-Orge; died 1986 in Ecquevilly (Yvelines).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Montalvo in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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