Montero surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Montero surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 17,314 people carried this name — #2,090 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 17,000 people counted. That is up 44% from 11,997 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 23,928 people named Montero 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 10,817
City of Buenos Aires 2,094
Santa Fe 1,381
Salta 1,115
Córdoba 1,112
Entre Ríos 1,078
Tucumán 964
Misiones 912

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

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 425 people named Montero.

209 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 47 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 209
Hauts-de-Seine 22
Gironde 20
Hérault 18
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 15
Paris 13
Tarn 12
Pyrénées-Orientales 10
Gard 9

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

332 people named Montero live in Switzerland.

They live in 19 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 76
Geneva 51
Vaud 40
Lucerne 23
Bern 21
Aargau 16
Neuchâtel 15
Basel-Stadt 14

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 the Nordic population registers

64 people named Montero is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 64

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

Montero in American newspapers,
1885–1952.

Newspaper page from Luxemburger Gazette carrying the name Montero
Luxemburger Gazette 1885-11-03
Newspaper page from The Times Dispatch carrying the name Montero
The Times Dispatch 1912-02-18
Newspaper page from La OpinióN carrying the name Montero
La OpinióN 1928-05-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 14,792 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Montero,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Juan Montero Telinge
    Juan Montero Telinge 1797–1893 · writer
  • Luis Montero
    Luis Montero 1826–1869 · painter
  • Eugenio Montero Ríos
    Eugenio Montero Ríos 1832–1914 · writer
  • Lizardo Montero Flores
    Lizardo Montero Flores 1832–1905 · military personnel
  • Joaquim Montero i Delgado
    Joaquim Montero i Delgado 1869–1942 · actor

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 221 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Montero.

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