The Montemayor surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,106 people carried this name — #4,386 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 36,400 people counted. That is up 22% from 6,630 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Montemayor surname

A surname, the 485th most common in Mexico.

From monte (“mountain, mount”) + mayor.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entries «Montemayor» (Spanish) and «monte» (Spanish), 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 63 people named Montemayor 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.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 38
La Rioja 14
Mendoza 11

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Montemayor in American newspapers,
1907.

Newspaper page from Bisbee Daily Review carrying the name Montemayor
Bisbee Daily Review 1907-08-16
Newspaper page from Albuquerque Citizen carrying the name Montemayor
Albuquerque Citizen 1907-08-02
Newspaper page from Albuquerque Citizen carrying the name Montemayor
Albuquerque Citizen 1907-08-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,231 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Montemayor in Australian newspapers,
1930s–1970s.

48 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Montemayor. The most, 28, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

ACT (Canberra) 4

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Montemayor.

Who carried it

People named Montemayor,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Alfonso Montemayor
    Alfonso Montemayor 1922–2012 · association football coach
  • Felipe Montemayor
    Felipe Montemayor 1928–2025 · baseball player
  • Cristóbal de Montemayor 1550–1609 · physician
  • Lorenzo de Montemayor 1767–1841 · soldier
  • Lorenzo de Montemayor 1767–1841 · soldier
  • Ernesto Montemayor, Sr. 1907– · sport shooter

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Montemayor,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States261 records

261 records of the Montemayor name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 188
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 46
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 23
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Jose Sanchez Montemayor

    Born 1942; from Cotton Center, Texas. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Binh Duong, South Vietnam. Buried at San Pedro Cemetery, Odem, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Mario M. Montemayor

    Born 1913 in Texas. Enlisted 1941 at Houston; office clerk from Harris County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1978, buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Juan R. Montemayor

    U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War. Born 1932, died 1998; buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 261 records for Montemayor in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Montemayor name in Canada City of Calgary cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Florida Montemayor

    Buried in 1979 at St. Mary's Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 54.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Montemayor.

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