The Montano surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 27,276 people carried this name — #1,286 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 10,800 people counted. That is up 29% from 21,110 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Montano surname
A surname from the Romance languages, Italian, or Spanish, equivalent to English Mountain.
From Romance; from Italian Montano and Spanish Montaño.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Montano» (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 10,439 people named Montano 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 mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
140 people named Montano live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 76 people named Montano.
33 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Var.
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 the Nordic population registers
45 people named Montano is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
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
Montano in American newspapers,
1873–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 18,397 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Montano,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joseph Montano 1844–1914 · naturalist -
A. A. Montano 1847–1913 · photographer -
A. A. Montano 1847–1913 · photographer
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Rosolino Montano 1896–1942 · association football player -
Justiniano Montano 1905–2005 · politician -
Marco Montano d. 1586 · poet
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Montano.
- Montanaro 1,298 · U.S. census
- Montandon 333 · U.S. census
- Montane 303 · U.S. census
- Montaner 187 · U.S. census
- Montanes 201 · U.S. census
- Montani 384 · U.S. census
- Montavon 481 · U.S. census
- Monte 4,560 · U.S. census
- Monteagudo 1,279 · U.S. census
- Monteau 171 · U.S. census
- Montebello 196 · U.S. census
- Montefusco 665 · U.S. census
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