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The Montanari surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 719 people carried this name — #32,079 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 416,700 people counted. That is up 6% from 681 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 965 people named Montanari 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 484
Santa Fe 220
Córdoba 90
City of Buenos Aires 87
Mendoza 34
Río Negro 15
Tucumán 13
Entre Ríos 11

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 342 people named Montanari.

100 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 44 départements, most often Paris.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 100
Paris 43
Meurthe-et-Moselle 30
Gard 19
Alpes-Maritimes 13
Moselle 12
Corsica 12
Bouches-du-Rhône 12
Yvelines 8

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

211 people named Montanari live in Switzerland.

They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 38
Geneva 25
Ticino 22
Solothurn 21
Bern 19
Vaud 15
Valais 11
Aargau 11

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

48 people named Montanari is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 48

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

Montanari in American newspapers,
1903–1949.

Newspaper page from Virginia Gazette carrying the name Montanari
Virginia Gazette 1903-09-19
Newspaper page from The Kanabec County Times carrying the name Montanari
The Kanabec County Times 1903-09-11
Newspaper page from The American Citizen carrying the name Montanari
The American Citizen 1949-03-28

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,461 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Montanari,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Geminiano Montanari
    Geminiano Montanari 1633–1687 · astronomer
  • Carlo Montanari
    Carlo Montanari 1810–1853 · literary scholar
  • Francesco Montanari
    Francesco Montanari 1822–1860 · military personnel
  • Angelo Montanari
    Angelo Montanari 1849–1921 · composer
  • Carlo Montanari
    Carlo Montanari 1863–1915 · military leader

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 161 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

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