The Montana surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,744 people carried this name — #7,054 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 62,100 people counted. That is up 12% from 4,217 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 7,584 people named Montana 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 San Juan.
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 92 people named Montana.
43 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Ariège.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 47 people named Montana 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
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
32 people named Montana live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Montana.
- Montagna 1,585 · U.S. census
- Montagne 578 · 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
- Montanard 176 · U.S. census
- Montanari 719 · U.S. census
- Montanaro 1,298 · U.S. census
- Montandon 333 · U.S. census
- Montane 303 · U.S. census
- Montaner 187 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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