The Montenegro surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,606 people carried this name — #3,365 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 27,800 people counted. That is up 34% from 7,943 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Montenegro surname
“Black mountain”.
From Venetian Montenegro, made of monte (“mountain”) and negro (“black”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (es.wiktionary.org, the Spanish edition) — entry «Montenegro», by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · translated from Spanish and condensed.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 64,638 people named Montenegro 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
123 people named Montenegro live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 27 people named Montenegro.
13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Loiret.
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
57 people named Montenegro 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
Montenegro in American newspapers,
1905–1920.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 23 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Montenegro in Australian newspapers,
1910s–1980s.
173 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Montenegro. The most, 114, date from the 1930s.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Montenegro.
Who carried it
People named Montenegro,
with a public archive behind them.
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Antonio María Montenegro Carantoña 1787–1857 · military personnel -
Tomás Montenegro 1839–1914 · judge -
Nicholas I of Montenegro 1841–1921 · monarch -
Amador Montenegro 1864–1932 · writer -
Princess Milica of Montenegro 1866–1951
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 130 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Montenegro,
in the records of 3 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 States254 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 153
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 31
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 29
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 22
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 15
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
- Sacramento County historic burials 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Jesus MontenegroBorn 1907. Enlisted 1942 at Los Angeles, California; auto mechanic from Los Angeles County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1988, buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Rosa MontenegroArrived at New York in 1906 aboard the Cretic from Genoa and Naples, aged 27; seamstress. From Gioia Del Colle, Bari, Italy; bound for New York.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) -
Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Joe MontenegroU.S. Marine Corps veteran. Born 1957, died 1999; buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
Showing 3 of 254 records for Montenegro 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) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).
France10 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Felix Bibiano MontenegroBorn 1912 in Spain; died 1991 in Ramonville-Saint-Agne (Haute-Garonne).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte) -
Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Emilie MontenegroBorn 1899 in Portugal; died 1990 in Monthermé (Ardennes).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte) -
Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Louis Marcel MontenegroBorn 1935 in Issy-les-Moulineaux (Hauts-de-Seine); died 1997 in Paris.
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 10 records for Montenegro in France.
Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).
Netherlands2 records
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Example: marriage register, 1911 Marriage record Catharina MontenegroMarried in 1733 in Ijsselstein.
Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: civil register, 1880 Civil record Catharina MontenegroBaptised in 1712 in Vianen.
Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)
Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Montenegro.
- Monteiro 6,965 · U.S. census
- Montel 469 · U.S. census
- Monteleone 3,602 · U.S. census
- Montella 553 · U.S. census
- Montelongo 8,472 · U.S. census
- Montemayor 8,106 · U.S. census
- Monter 835 · U.S. census
- Montero 17,314 · U.S. census
- Montes 48,142 · U.S. census
- Montesano 1,280 · U.S. census
- Montesinos 2,172 · U.S. census
- Montet 295 · U.S. census
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