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The Montesano surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,280 people carried this name — #20,676 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 232,600 people counted. That is up 6% from 1,208 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Montesano surname

A surname transferred from the place name.

Compound of monte (“hill; mountain”) + sano (“healthy, sound”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Montesano» (Italian), 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 789 people named Montesano 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 423
City of Buenos Aires 222
Santa Fe 84
Entre Ríos 19
Córdoba 16
San Luis 15
Río Negro 10

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 57 people named Montesano.

15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Hérault.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 15
Hérault 16
Rhône 7
Bouches-du-Rhône 6
Saône-et-Loire 4
Var 4
Paris 3
Haute-Marne 1
Yvelines 1

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

45 people named Montesano live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Landschaft.

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

Where they live today

Basel-Landschaft 16
Ticino 9
St. Gallen 6
Zurich 6
Bern 5
Aargau 3

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.

Who carried it

People named Montesano,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Enrico Montesano
    Enrico Montesano 1945– · screenwriter
  • Domenico Montesano 1863–1930 · mathematician
  • Giuseppe Ferruccio Montesano 1868–1961 · psychiatrist
  • Giuseppe Ferruccio Montesano 1868–1961 · psychiatrist
  • Giuseppe Montesano 1892–1977 · lawyer
  • Beniamino Montesano 1899–1973 · military personnel

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Montesano.

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