The Montavon surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 481 people carried this name — #44,653 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 625,000 people counted. That is up 6% from 455 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
617 people named Montavon live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Jura.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 170 people named Montavon.
32 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Territoire de Belfort.
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.
Who carried it
People named Montavon,
with a public archive behind them.
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Gilberte de Courgenay 1896–1957 · waiter -
Max Montavon 1926–1983 · actor
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Odile Montavon 1949– · politician
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Guy Montavon 1961– · conductor
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Camille Montavon 1993– · jurist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Montavon.
- 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
- Montano 27,276 · 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
- Montegut 213 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Montavon is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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