The Montesinos surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,172 people carried this name — #13,903 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 135,100 people counted. That is up 69% from 1,283 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 716 people named Montesinos 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 307 people named Montesinos.
Most of them — 173 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
29 people named Montesinos live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Montesinos.
- Monteleone 3,602 · U.S. census
- Montella 553 · 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
- Montet 295 · U.S. census
- Monteverdi 139 · U.S. census
- Montfort 692 · U.S. census
- Monti 2,845 · U.S. census
- Monticelli 263 · U.S. census
- Montiel 12,376 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Montesinos is.
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