The Montfort surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 692 people carried this name — #33,087 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is up 22% from 568 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 849 people named Montfort.
32 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 73 départements, most often Finistère.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 90 people named Montfort live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Namur.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
48 people named Montfort live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Montfort.
- 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
- Monteverdi 139 · U.S. census
- Monti 2,845 · U.S. census
- Monticelli 263 · U.S. census
- Montiel 12,376 · U.S. census
- Montigny 284 · U.S. census
- Montini 541 · U.S. census
- Montion 255 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Montfort is.
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