The Monteiro surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 5,293 people carried this name — #5,990 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 51,000 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
3,286 people named Monteiro live in Switzerland.
They live in 24 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 884 people named Monteiro.
Most of them — 537 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 64 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 43 people named Monteiro 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 Antwerp.
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.
Who carried it
People named Monteiro,
with a public archive behind them.
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Tomás Antônio Maciel Monteiro, 1st Baron of Itamaracá 1780–1847 · judge -
Joaquim Manuel Monteiro, 1st Count of Estrela 1800–1875 -
Antônio Peregrino Maciel Monteiro, 2nd Baron of Itamaracá 1804–1868 · writer -
Antônio Nicolau Monteiro Baena 1833–1898 · politician -
José Luís Monteiro 1848–1942 · architect
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 249 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Monteiro.
- Monteagudo 953 · U.S. census
- Monteau 150 · U.S. census
- Montebello 150 · U.S. census
- Montefusco 699 · U.S. census
- Montegut 208 · U.S. census
- Monteil 171 · U.S. census
- Montel 440 · U.S. census
- Monteleone 3,319 · U.S. census
- Montella 571 · U.S. census
- Monter 629 · U.S. census
- Montero 11,997 · U.S. census
- Montes 35,196 · U.S. census
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